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• Anthonius Josephus Maria Steenvoorden, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2008)
• Arne Jacob Paul Polak († 2016)
• Levenloos Lukaart, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1953)
• Edward van den Bos, Amersfoort († 1977)
• Marvin Julius Alflen, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Gerard Tuinstra, Groningen († 2014)
• Benjamin Charles Steevensz, Bandoeng, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië
• Truus Bokken, Druten († 2004)
• Maximilian Friedrich Carl ZU CASTELL-CASTELL († 1974)
• Maximilian z.Castell-Castell, unbekannt († 1974)

• Abraham Leonardus van Paassen (76), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Spruijt (69), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Mattheus Hartendorp (49), Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Anna Maria LEEREVELD (76), Noordwijk (Zuid Holland) (NL)
• Anna Maria leerveeld (75), Noordwijk
• Arie Valstar (87), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kroon (71), Cape Town (Zuid-Afrika)
• Arend Jan Spijker (43), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Hetsen (73), Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gaertner (77), Huissen

• 1950 » Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland († 2017)
• 1951 » Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
• 1951 » Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1952 » Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
• 1954 » Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer, striker
• 1954 » Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor
• 1955 » Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter († 1988)
• 1956 » Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria

• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)

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. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
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 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
• April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
• May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.

The temperature on May 23, 1953 was between 13.2 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.