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• Margaretha Maria Theresia Kaptein, Alkmaar († 2007)
• Albert BECKERS, 3630 Uikhoven,Maasmechelen,Limburg,Belgium († 2014)
• Jean Marie Eykamp, fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Johannes Adrianus Maria Kapitein, Zevenbergen († 2012)
• Hendrik van Dijk († 1976)
• João Luiz Donnangelo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2014)
• Jan Baptist TAVERNIER, Kisangani (Congo Belge/Zaïre) († 2005)
• Willem Meems, Winschoten Oldambt Groningen Nederland († 1953)
• Gijsbert van Leur, Beneden Leeuwen († 1976)
• Hendrina Cornelia Verhoef († 2023)

• Albertus Henricus Dresen (66), Heerlen
• Ariana Vogel (69), Engelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria HUYSMANS (56)
• Adriana Kulk (82), Leiden
• Agnes Isabella Wright (66), Rangitata, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Adriana Kulk (82), Leiden {ZH}
• Anna Mary Kampa (81), St Cloud, Benton, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Thijssen (68), Enschede
• Catharina Jacoba Cornelia Hagedoorn (65), Den Haag
• Carl John Anderson (67), Corinne, Box Elder, Utah, V.S

• 1950 » Tom Kelly, American baseball player
• 1950 » Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
• 1951 » Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
• 1951 » Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 » John Childs, English cricketer
• 1952 » Chuck Burgi, American drummer
• 1953 » Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
• 1953 » Mark Thatcher, English businessman
• 1953 » Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
• 1954 » Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author († 2004)

• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)

• 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.
• April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
• June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
• November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
• December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.

The temperature on August 15, 1953 was between 14.9 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 26.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.