About the day » Sunday August 9, 1953Calender converter

• Marina Catharina Pieternella Broere, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Johannes Antonius de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1953)
• de Maat, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Simon Maria GROENVELD, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Paulien Waterham († 2002)
• Ana Aparecida de Moraes, Itapevi, São Paulo, Brasil († 2015)
• Petronella Henrica Maria Broeders, Oosterhout
• Nicole Blokken, Hasselt, België († 2007)
• Johannes Antonius de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1953)
• Rudolf Hendrik Sterk, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Arie Raan (88), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Antonia Westerkamp (58), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Joannes van Wees (73), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriana Alida Slaght (89)
• Charel Ambrosius van der Hidde (20), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Lepelaars (97), Eersel
• Berenice Beatrice Bardouski (38), Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois
• Catharina van Diessen (71), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Josephina Ederveen (46), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Kolle (83), Zuidhorn, NL-GR

• 1951 » James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host
• 1951 » Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
• 1952 » Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
• 1953 » Jean Tirole, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
• 1953 » Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer
• 1954 » Pete Thomas, English drummer
• 1954 » Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach
• 1955 » John E. Sweeney, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Gordon Singleton, Canadian Olympic Cyclist

• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

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.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• 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.
• September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

The temperature on August 9, 1953 was between 9.5 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.