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• Lesley Arnhem, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2020)
• Scott Lewis Brown
• Jan Dirk Brauckman, Voorschoten († 1953)
• KANTJAHWONO, Jakarta (Indonesië) († 2013)
• Maria Martina Anna Bevers, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Kind Nelen, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• van Heusden, Zuilichem, GEL, Nederland († 1953)
• levenloos geboren kind Berghuis, Groningen
• Jef Trimbos († 2011)
• Alexander van Meurs

• Cornelis Banning (67), Haarlem
• Anthonius Martinus Schuit (28), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Baukes de Grouw (84), Boornbergum, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Asjen Katgert (84), Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend Veneman (82), Arnhem
• Cornelis Vos (64), Huizen
• Arend Veneman (82), Arnhem
• Christina Jane (Jennie) MacIver (66), Maxville, Ontario, Canada
• Christiaan Stekelenburg (46), Voorst, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Berend Jan Smalbrugge (68), Wierden

• 1949 » Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler († 1993)
• 1949 » Richard Prince, American painter and photographer
• 1950 » Dorian Harewood, American actor
• 1951 » Catherine Hicks, American actress
• 1951 » Daryl Somers, Australian television host and singer
• 1952 » David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1952 » Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1954 » Mark Hughes, English-Australian rugby league player
• 1956 » Bill Emmott, English journalist and author

• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
• 1946 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)

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.
• January 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
• February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
• March 6 » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

The temperature on August 6, 1953 was between 9.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.