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• Pieter Cornelis Hendrik Steen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Cornelia Medema, Schoorldam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Frans Raaijmakers († 1954)
• Wietske Cnossen, Sneek († 2008)
• Akke van Zuiden († 1998)
• Pieter Jan Riepma, Wagenborgen († 1997)
• Ronny Herman, Lier, België († 2016)
• doodgeboren zoon Onwijn, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Theresia Jacoba Maria Verbeek, Poeldijk († 2009)
• Onbenoemd Alting, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1953)

• Anna Johanna Waanders (72), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Krauwinkel (65), Schiedam
• Anna Johanna Waanders (72), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Cornelis van Pelt (66), Leiden
• Anna Maria Huisman (63), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Arie van der Heijden (77), Beusichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Franciscus van Belkom (77), Gilze en Rijen
• Albert Plesman (64), 's Gravenhage
• Antonius Cornelis Franciscus van Belkom (77), Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan de Vrieze (81), Terneuzen,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands

• 1950 » Bob Gilder, American golfer
• 1950 » Inge Helten, German sprinter
• 1950 » Phil Blakeway, Welsh-English rugby player
• 1951 » Kenny Roberts, American motorcycle racer
• 1951 » Tom Hamilton, American bass player and songwriter
• 1952 » Jean-Pierre Rives, French rugby player, painter, and sculptor
• 1952 » Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician and academic
• 1953 » Jane Badler, American actress
• 1954 » Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland
• 1954 » Hermann Tilke, German racing driver, architect and engineer

• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Peter
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Margaretha
11. Yvonne
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• March 5 » Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
• April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on December 31, 1953 was between -3.8 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.