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• Pamela Ray Crouse, Oakland, Michigan († 2014)
• Cynthia Dawn Robel († 2001)
• Leo Troost († 2017)
• Johanna Kalkman, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Petrus Simon Kramer, Assendelft NH NL († 1953)
• van Amerongen, Baarn, Nederland († 2018)
• Margaretha Conratha Emaus, Winterswijk, Nederland († 1963)
• Wilhelmus Brands, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Barbara Goede († 2010)
• Lous Rus († 2023)

• Anna Paulowna Douw van der Krap (79), 's-Gravenhage
• Anthonie Hendrikus Driessen (74), Rotterdam
• Barta Huisman (66), Zwartsluis
• Adriaan Vermeulen (76), Sint Maartensdijk
• Adriaan Vermeulen (76), Sint Maartensdijk,Gemeente Tholen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Aloysius Jacobus Balm (75), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Visscher (80), Noordoostelijke Polder, Flevoland, Nederland
• Anna Stants (86), Utrecht
• Anna Gertraud Kocks (72), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aalbertje Jacobsen (86), Rozendaal

• 1952 » Amy Tan, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer
• 1952 » Danilo Türk, Slovene academic and politician, 3rd President of Slovenia
• 1952 » Dave Cheadle, American baseball player († 2012)
• 1952 » Gary Seear, New Zealand rugby player († 2018)
• 1952 » Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican engineer and astronaut
• 1952 » Ryū Murakami, Japanese novelist and filmmaker
• 1953 » Corrado Barazzutti, Italian tennis player
• 1953 » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentine lawyer and politician, former President of Argentina and current Vice President of Argentina
• 1953 » Massimo Troisi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1954 » Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2011)

• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.

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. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
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.
• June 2 » The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
• September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
• September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

The temperature on February 19, 1953 was between 5.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.