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• Detlef Krawinkel († 2005)
• NN Spier, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dennis Lee Rajala, Saint Louis, Minnesota († 1997)
• Jeanne Kay Bockenstedt († 1981)
• Joao Carlos Fernandes († 2002)
• Adolf Heymans, Liedekerke († 1994)
• Ray August Yearout, Clinton, Benton County, Missouri († 1989)
• Jacques Isbrucker, Haarlem († 2016)
• Marie Johanna Benkers, Hengelo
• Peter Albert Lievense, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 2023)

• Adrianus * Groen (76), Heerhugowaard
• Arie Groen (76), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Rombouts (68), Borgerhout, Antwerpen
• Charles Staelens (72)
• Albert Morris (Wardren) (70)
• Antonius Marie Antoine Gijssens (64), Amsterdam
• Antje Westerhof (82), Leeuwarden
• Antje Gerritdr Koedijker (81), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Alexander McLaren LILLICO (75)
• Christiaan Johannes van der Roost (60), Middelburg

• 1953 » Angélica Aragón, Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer
• 1953 » Bramwell Tovey, English-Canadian conductor and composer
• 1953 » Ivan Toms, South African physician and activist († 2008)
• 1953 » Leon Spinks, American boxer
• 1953 » Mindy Sterling, American actress
• 1953 » Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer
• 1953 » Paul Weiland, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 » Peter Brown, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy
• 1953 » Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways

• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)

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.
• January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
• 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.
• April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• 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.
• June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
• 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.

The temperature on July 11, 1953 was between 9.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.