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• Angeline Mierop, Amsterdam
• Johannes Wilhelmus Jozef Anema († 2010)
• Jan Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Cornelis Snip, Den Helder († 2004)
• N.N. Post, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Anthonia Willemse, Utrecht († 1969)
• Gerrit Albert Meun, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Lizabertus Aginus Blokland, Dirksland († 1973)
• Jan Olof Maria Lelivelt, Lichtenvoorde, Nederland († 2004)
• Luc Raymond Marie Salsmans, Etterbeek († 1998)

• Andriesien Muskee (81), Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Antje Bokma (79), Workum
• Carl Helmer Backlund (65), vennersborg, Douglas, Minnesota, United States
• Camiel Adolf Van Coillie (68), Vertus,51130,Marne,Champagne-Ardenne,France
• Abraham Risseeuw (76), Oostburg, Zeeland, NL
• Albertus Hendrikus Jacobus Holsheimer (72), Zandvoort
• Carroll Graham Deming **** (68), Cincinatti, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Cornelis Keijzer (56), Deurne
• Bastiana Pronk (64), Poortugaal,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Veld * (89), Heerenveen

• 1949 » Greg Brown, American musician
• 1949 » Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Jon Trickett, English politician
• 1950 » Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic
• 1952 » Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach
• 1952 » Sylvia Rivera, American transgender rights activist († 2002)
• 1954 » Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• 1955 » Kim Carr, Australian educator and politician, 31st Australian Minister for Human Services
• 1956 » Jerry Hall, American model and actress
• 1957 » Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler

• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)

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.
• February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• 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.
• August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
• September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.

The temperature on July 2, 1953 was between 17.1 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.