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• Brenda Sue Cavender, Gaston County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Phillip Matthew CRAM, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho († 1971)
• Andre Luijendijk († 2007)
• Colee MADEN, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• N.N. Timmers, Oss († 1953)
• Willy Adriana Buitelaar, Maasland, Nederland († 1968)
• Theodorus Johannes Gehring, Geesteren († 2019)
• Jantiena Beekelaar, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Paulus Vincentius Maria (Paul) VROEMEN, Heerlen (NL/LI) († 2017)
• Luc HENDRICKX, Mortsel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2021)

• Andries Timmermans (90), Baarlo
• Catharina Alida Duijff (76), Haarlem
• Anna Wilbrink (80), Apeldoorn
• Bernardus Coomans (84), Vorst Kempen, 2430, België
• Andreas Timmermans (90), Baarlo
• Ate Jitzes de Jong (84)
• Arnoldus Steenbergen (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Visser (99), Delft
• Arnolda Hendrika Broers (54), Bloemendaal
• Christina Cornelia Domerghi (73), Den Haag,-

• 1951 » Tom Noonan, American actor
• 1952 » Gary Soto, American poet, novelist, and memoirist
• 1952 » Leicester Rutledge, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » Ralph Wiley, American journalist († 2004)
• 1952 » Reuben Gant, American football player
• 1953 » Tanino Liberatore, Italian author and illustrator
• 1954 » John Faulkner, Australian educator and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Defence
• 1954 » Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician († 2015)
• 1955 » Fabian Hamilton, English graphic designer, engineer, and politician

• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)

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.
• February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
• April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
• May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
• 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.
• September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

The temperature on April 12, 1953 was between 6.1 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.