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• Gerardus Lambertus Maria Jenniskens, Horst, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• Gemma Maria Lovendaal, Zeist († 2013)
• Jan Dogger († 2021)
• Gerda Cornelia Jagtman, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adrianus Alexander van Opstal, Apeldoorn († 2009)
• Rosaleen Marie Dillon († 1960)
• Leonarda (Leonora) Joseph Maria Wolters, Venray († 1999)
• Andrea Lynn Moffatt, Bexar, Texas († 2002)
• Alberdina Liebe, Oudemolen († 2017)
• Ruth Smith, Globe-Arizona (USA) († 1953)

• Augustin BONTE (73), Veldegem
• Andries Linker (61), Zevenhuizen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Willekens (72), Baelen
• Adriana Lena Boogerd (58), Kattendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Magaretha Houtkooper (88), Terschelling,, Friesland, Nederland
• Arendina Beauveser (68), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Jong (82), Sint Johannesga
• Anna Maria Euphemia Dirks (56), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alina Mantingh (74), Beilen, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Koopman (53), Alkmaar

• 1952 » Carol Ann Susi, American actress († 2014)
• 1952 » John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
• 1952 » Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
• 1952 » Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
• 1952 » Rick Dufay, French-American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 » Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 1953 » Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television († 2013)
• 1954 » Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman
• 1954 » Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor
• 1954 » Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician († 2013)

• 1945 » Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1948 » Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1956 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)

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.
• January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• August 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
• August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
• September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends

The temperature on February 2, 1953 was between 0.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.