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• Hendrik KLOOSTERMAN († 2017)
• N.N. van Dorst, Nieuw-Ginneken († 1953)
• Johannes Theodorus de Wit, Den Haag, Nederland († 2011)
• Lamberdina Klazina Koorn, Den Helder († 2009)
• Hans Pil, Schiedam († 1953)
• Lammerdina Koorn, Den Helder († 2009)
• Alida Kooij, Geldrop († 2012)
• Leijtens, Best (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2004)
• Susan C. Ristola, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin († 2011)
• Meindert TERPSTRA, Ezinge (Winsum) Groningen Netherlands († 2015)

• Cornelis Wassenaar (65), Leiden
• Corletta Alligood * (85), Hall County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Derk Slagman (77), Lochem
• Dirkje Boer (55), 's-Gravenhage
• Engelina Gerharda Steenhuis (76), Groningen (Groningen)
• Cornelia Hooijboer (51), Zwaag
• Adriana Catrina de KOEN (84)
• Antonetje Broeder (1), Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van Leenen (74), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Manneke (65), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1952 » Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach († 2012)
• 1952 » Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
• 1952 » Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
• 1952 » Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
• 1953 » Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic († 2015)
• 1953 » Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
• 1954 » Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
• 1954 » Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)

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.
• April 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
• 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 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 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
• August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
• 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.

The temperature on August 17, 1953 was between 9.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.