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• Petrus Victor Koning, Obdam († 2022)
• Wilhelmina Susanna Fidder, Soest († 2001)
• Francina Geertruida de Beurs, Amsterdam
• Gary Lee Mitchell, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Ida Bisschop, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland († 1953)
• Pieter Hoff, Grootebroek, Gemeente Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Reginald Owen Phelan († 1953)
• Immetje Dijkhuizen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Jacoba Johanna Maria Lormans, Venray († 2016)
• Albert Keuker, Hilversum († 2010)

• Auke Jacobs SMIDT (71), Enschede Overijssel Netherlands
• Antje Frederika Beima (80), Harlingen
• Charles Andrew Shaw 1st Lt (60), Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Pothof (84), Meppel
• Andries Pothof (84), Meppel
• Arien Schipper (88), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Arendje Wessels (77), Califonia
• David Vincent Tuttle, Sr. (88), Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA, United States
• Augustus Josephus VAN LOO (Vanloo) (62), Oostende
• Coenraad Johannes Bonis (72), Amsterdam

• 1951 » Rosie Boycott, English journalist and author
• 1952 » John Kasich, American politician, 69th Governor of Ohio
• 1952 » Londa Schiebinger, American academic and author
• 1952 » Mary Walsh, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 » David Voelker, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1953 » Gerry Sutcliffe, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
• 1953 » Harm Wiersma, Dutch draughts player and politician
• 1953 » Ruth A. David, American electrical engineer
• 1953 » Zlatko Burić, Croat-Danish actor
• 1954 » Johnny Logan, Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
• 1962 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)

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.
• 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.
• March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
• April 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
• May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
• August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

The temperature on May 13, 1953 was between 6.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.