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• Bernard VRAIE († 1980)
• Martin Kersemans, Brasschaat († 2014)
• Johannes Kraaijenhof, Harderwijk († 1987)
• Frederik Petrus Spoor († 2015)
• Derk Hoekman († 2018)
• Arend Adrianus van der Velde, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ronald van Deinsen, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Leontine van Lochum, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Luuk Jansen, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Greetje Resina Wilts († 2019)

• Aldegonda Catharina Janissen (82), Tegelen
• Arij Harlaar (85), Naaldwijk
• Auke Abes Hijma (71), Haarlem
• Aalt Webber (59), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Reynvoet (21), Heusden
• Anna Gemma Vermeij (0), Gouda
• Anna Catharina Falize (73), Eindhoven
• Anna Helena Gelauff (82), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Roosen (93), Helvoirt
• Anna Winder (67), Oude Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1951 » Geoff Lees, English race car driver
• 1951 » Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach
• 1951 » Sally Mann, American photographer
• 1952 » Kim Lewison, English lawyer and judge
• 1952 » Peter Smith, Malaysian-born English academic and judge
• 1952 » Richard Blundell, English economist and academic
• 1953 » Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer
• 1954 » Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist († 2011)
• 1954 » Ray Parker Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 » Alex Cunningham, Scottish politician

• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)

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 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
• February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
• March 6 » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• 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.

The temperature on May 1, 1953 was between 7.1 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.