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• Thonia van den Bos, Amsterdam († 1959)
• Maaike Adriana Bronkhorst, Zijderveld (Everdingen), Utrecht, Nederland († 2004)
• Maria Clara Pauwels, Bornem († 2005)
• Gerrit van Elburg († 1994)
• Hans-Dieter Breustedt, Wernigerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt) († 2000)
• Geert Warring, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Willem Johan Jansen, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Hanno, de Iongh, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria"Lyda" van Harten, Gouda († 1988)
• Anne VAN de VELDE, Merksem, 11028, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1960)

• Alida Helena Winkelman (71), Amsterdam
• Angela Susan Roberts, Jamaica
• Anna Shepherd (28), Owensboro, KY
• Anton Arnold Jacob Souman (77), Djakarta
• Armando de Alencar (67), Itaipava, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Abraham Heijboer (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Agnieta Adriana Thierry (74), Den Haag
• Adriana van Elst (86), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus Adriaan Sierag (79), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernard Snijder (63), Krommenie, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1951 » David Helvarg, American journalist and activist
• 1952 » Masashi Sada, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer
• 1952 » Narayan Rane, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1952 » Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist
• 1953 » David Moorcroft, English runner and businessman
• 1953 » Pamela Wallin, Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
• 1954 » Anne Lamott, American author and educator
• 1954 » Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist and author
• 1954 » Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager († 2013)
• 1954 » Peter MacNicol, American actor

• 1945 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
• 1954 » Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
• 1955 » Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1960 » André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1962 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)

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.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• 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 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
• December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
• 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 April 10, 1953 was between 2.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.