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• James Alan Hinsberger, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Agnes Brulmans, Hasselt, België († 2018)
• Leendert Willem Kreuk, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1993)
• Lazara Benedita Milani, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1953)
• Donald Eugene Ford, Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 2006)
• Michael Charles Rogge, Harvard, Illinois († 2018)
• Levenloos geboren Konst, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Maria Jannigje Krijgsman, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• N.N. Buteijn, Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1953)
• Jan Blom, Monster, Nederland († 2012)

• Radsma (85)
• Abraham Johannes Slikboer (55), Rotterdam
• Barend Fresco (58), Midden-Europa
• Antje Turkstra (77), Bloemfontein
• Aaltjen Janna Schuiterd (59), Rijssen
• Carolina Sara Henderina Deurink (79), ·Äòs Gravenhage
• Arend Aardse (57), Den Haag, Nederland
• Atze Dijkstra (83), Sneek
• Alida Maria Stevens (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Able Lucinda barnhill (83), California

• 1951 » Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
• 1951 » Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic
• 1952 » Herbert Reul, German politician
• 1952 » Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
• 1953 » György Károly, Hungarian poet and author
• 1953 » Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver
• 1953 » Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer
• 1954 » Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter
• 1955 » Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor
• 1955 » Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic

• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)

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 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 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
• June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
• July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
• October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.

The temperature on August 31, 1953 was between 12.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.