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• Rik Engels († 2000)
• Sien Huinder, Wehe den Hoorn, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• OG Nijgh, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Els Touw, Bergen op Zoom († 1990)
• Adrianus Johannes Gijsbertus Vermeer, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1953)
• Herman Pullen, Hardenberg († 2001)
• Francina van Bellen († 2003)
• Dwayne Lee Bonnema († 2012)
• Joannes Petrus Albertus Reggers, Zussen, Riemst, België († 2001)
• Tjeerd van der Tuin, Drachten († 1963)

• Johannes Hendrikus Brands (86), Arnhem
• Antonetta Francina van Brunschot (86), Tilburg, Netherlands
• Brand Hartenberg (69), Renkum, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• annigje van SOEST (53)
• Anna Catharina Tielemans (51)
• Cornelis Mol (75), Oud en Nieuw-Gastel (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant)
• Antoon van Doorn (82), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jonkman (86), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonetta Francisca van Brunschot (86), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van der Hulst (62), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1951 » Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
• 1951 » Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1951 » Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 » Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 » Athene Donald, English physicist and academic
• 1953 » George Brett, American baseball player and coach
• 1953 » Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
• 1954 » Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
• 1955 » Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician († 2013)

• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)

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.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• 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.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
• September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
• 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 15, 1953 was between 8.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.