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• Hein Schouten, Alkmaar († 2022)
• Frans Schouw, Bosschenhoofd († 2013)
• Theodora Agnes Maria Meijer, Bladel († 1954)
• Jozef F. A. Odeurs, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 2000)
• Marcel André Hollebeek, Vlaardingen († 1988)
• Lucas Scholten, Arriën († 2020)
• Vicki Louise Seehusen, Pomeroy, Calhoun County, Iowa († 1995)
• Johannes Antonius Hendrikus Josephus van den Beuken, Nederweert († 1976)
• Ronald Harvey Wismer, Wilmington N, Delaware († 1996)
• Peter Cameron Shearer, Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1957)

• Apolonia Maria van Iperen (83), Rotterdam
• Alexander de Vries (92), Utrecht
• Arie Leenderd de Bles (80), Scheveningen
• Arthur William Barkla (65), South Australia
• Anna Victoria Annie SOKOLOWSKI (41), Martins Ferry, Ohio
• Antje Cornelisdr Bakker (67), Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie van der Linden (49), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Apolonia Maria Verschuren (49), Rotterdam
• August Ablett (65), Mildura, Rural City of Mildura, Victoria, Australië
• Adrianus Bertens (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1951 » Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Don Schlitz, American Hall of Fame country music songwriter
• 1952 » Karen Hesse, American author and poet
• 1953 » David Boaz, American businessman and author
• 1953 » James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic
• 1953 » Richard Harding, English rugby player
• 1954 » Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1955 » Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1955 » Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff

• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)

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.
• January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
• February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• 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.
• May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

The temperature on August 29, 1953 was between 13.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.