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• Veronica A. Zonneveld, IJmuiden († 1997)
• NN Bosgraaf, Rotterdam
• Allan Lee van Wyk († 2008)
• Robert Alan Smit, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota († 2001)
• Dirk Roelof de Mooij, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Harms, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1953)
• Peter Maas, Deurne († 2023)
• Byron Grant MAXFIELD, Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States of America († 1996)
• Danny Borkosky, Ohio, United States († 1953)
• NN Mulder, Ermelo, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)

• Antoon van Hooff (57), Boxtel
• * Julie Maluczenkova (30), Poortugaal
• Berend Heikes Wiersema (86), Uithuizermeeden
• Albert Hendrik van den Hoorn (22), Korea
• Brenda Margery Blake
• Cornelis Bal (84), Heemstede Nhl. Nederland
• Cornelius Teninga (59), Illinois (State)
• Aren van Noord (82), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta van Wanrooij (83), Veghel
• Aleidus Schovers (69), Almelo

• 1950 » Glenn Hughes, American disco singer and actor († 2001)
• 1950 » Jack Dongarra, American computer scientist and academic
• 1950 » Jack Layton, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician († 2011)
• 1950 » Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
• 1950 » Mark Udall, American educator and politician
• 1950 » Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group
• 1951 » Elio Di Rupo, Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1951 » Margo Martindale, American actress
• 1954 » Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer
• 1955 » Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor

• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

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. John
14. Dirk
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 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
• 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.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• 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 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

The temperature on July 18, 1953 was between 12.2 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.