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May 30, 1953Died on Sunday May 31, 1953
- Cornelia Rosalina Mathijssen (76), Zundert
- Casparus Mos (88), Scheveningen
- Elisabeth Blansjaar (79), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- * Sara Ross (71), Soesterberg
- Charles Peter SNYDER (70), Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
- Diena Lammers (80), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Anje Lindemulder (65), Ulrum, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
- Anna Elizabeth Kol (80), Haarlem, Holland (North), Netherlands
- Dirk Vermeulen (77), Dordrecht
- Addie Reeve Beauchamp (64)
Born on May 31
- 1950 » Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
- 1950 » Gregory Harrison, American actor
- 1950 » Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment
- 1951 » Karl-Hans Riehm, German hammer thrower
- 1952 » Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1953 » Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter
- 1954 » Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
- 1954 » Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer († 2000)
- 1955 » Susie Essman, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
- 1955 » Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Died on May 31
- 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
- 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
- 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
- 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
- 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
- 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
- 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
- 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
- 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
- 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
Names that were popular for boys in 1953
- Johannes
- Maria
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Peter
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Robert
Names that were popular for girls in 1953
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Marie
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Helena
- Ann
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1953
- 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.
- June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
- September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
- September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
- September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
- October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
- November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
The weather on Sunday May 31, 1953
The temperature on May 31, 1953 was between 7.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI