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• Wilhelmus Antonius van den Tol, Enschede († 1955)
• Jozef (Jopie) Beukers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Wouter Cornelis 't Mannetje, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Nn van Meerveld († 1953)
• Nico Kwakman († 2011)
• Jacobus Adrianus Maria Looijen, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1953)
• wim franssen, neerkant
• Janna Fieret, Spui Nederland († 1986)
• Gerard Adolf Kroonstuiver († 2017)
• Herman Rutger Feijer, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1953)

• Abraham Looise (84), Vlissingen, Nederland
• Alijda GROOTJEN (72), Kampen (Overijssel)
• Antonia Stikkers (56), Rotterdam
• Kieft (0), Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de KONING (71), Middelburg, Nederland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Apolonia (Pleun) Hoogenboom (76)
• Antonetta Kouwenberg (76), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Platschorre (85), Koudekerke
• Antonius Jacobus Smit (55), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Frederik Hendrik Brinkman (81), Wassenaar

• 1951 » Börje Salming, Swedish ice hockey player and businessman
• 1951 » Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress
• 1952 » Željko Ražnatović, Serbian commander († 2000)
• 1952 » Joe Alaskey, American voice actor († 2016)
• 1952 » John McColl, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
• 1952 » John Robertson, Scottish businessman and politician
• 1952 » Pierre Guité, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 » Michael Sembello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Riccardo Patrese, Italian race car driver
• 1954 » Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler and actor († 2015)

• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)
• 1960 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 1961 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)

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 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 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
• July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
• November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
• 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 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

The temperature on April 17, 1953 was between 5.7 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.