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• Paul Robert van Beelen, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• John Diamond, Newington, London, England († 2001)
• Geertruida Maria Cornelia Witte, (Texel), Nederland († 2012)
• Jan Jacob Brals, Wolvega, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
• Jacobus Franciscus Gerardus (Jack) van Munster, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Robert KOPPENAAL († 1986)
• Annelies van den Broucke, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1981)
• Maria Louise Jacoba Herder, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Geertruida Maria Cornelia Witte, Den Burg († 2012)
• n.n. Michilsen, Rotterdam

• Adriaan Mol (79), ,, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Hendrik Snippe (55), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Bernardus Gerardus Hilhorst (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Eva Mossner (80), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Charles William Bass (88), Bristol, Somerset, England
• Cornelis van Donk (68), Alphen
• Dingenerus Nicolaas Hoogma (61), Breda
• Bernard Charles Marie Martens (73), Amersfoort
• Alida Holkamp (54), Heemskerk
• Albert ter Steege (71), Peize, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1949 » Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
• 1952 » Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer
• 1955 » Mark David Chapman, American murderer
• 1956 » Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist († 1995)
• 1957 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player († 1979)
• 1958 » Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1958 » Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
• 1959 » Danny Schayes, American basketball player
• 1959 » Victoria Rowell, American actress

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
• January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
• December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

The temperature on May 10, 1953 was between 1.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.