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• Bernice de Beurs, Tiel
• Klaasje van Ginkel († 2002)
• Albertus Johannes Marinus Dam († 1999)
• Margaretha Loman, Laren († 2009)
• Gerarda van Bokhoven, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Joke van der Zee († 2010)
• Hendricus Antonius Maria Verhulsdonck, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• William T Drescher, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Nico van Limborgh († 2013)
• Johanna Adriana Brandenburg, Rotterdam († 2022)

• Adriana van Zon (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Christina Wilhelmina Agterberg (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hendrika Wolff (69), 's Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Bertram (Bertie) Alfredo Brundage (79), Lake, Florida, United States
• Abraham van der STROOM (73), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• André Charles Desiré Gunifort Vercruijsse (78), Waasten (B)
• Cornelia Catharina Gerardina Marta Walker (73), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Martinus van der Graaff (45), Schiedam
• Catharina Philomena Mulders (82), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Beverly Barbara (Neal) (50), Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1951 » Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
• 1951 » Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
• 1951 » Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician
• 1953 » Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and current President of Armenia
• 1955 » Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1955 » Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager
• 1955 » Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician
• 1956 » Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator
• 1956 » Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer
• 1956 » Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster

• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)

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 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on June 23, 1953 was between 15.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.