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• Theodora Johanna Cornelia Maria van Dorp, Nootdorp († 2000)
• Leonardus Johannes Kraaijeveld, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Frans VAN HAM († 2006)
• Keith Alan Elolf, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Frans Odekerken, Meerssen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1979)
• Rudy(Andre) Heyrman († 2011)
• Margriet Sytema, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1998)
• Nico Stolwijk, Reeuwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Jan van Loenen, Leusden († 2013)
• Willy Jozef Maria (Willy) Keupers, Hasselt, België († 2014)

• Cornelis Henricus Ignatius Appelman (59), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Wijngaarden (85), Bergambacht
• Cornelia, Hilda van Tichelt (42), Kalmthout
• Catharina GIELEN (62), Bilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Antonie Becker (76), Enschede
• Arie van Wijngaarden (85), Bergambacht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Bettie Evelyn Forester (81), San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
• Celina Johanna Lauwereins (85), Oostende, België
• Blanche Ramsey (56)
• Albert van der Velde (85), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1950 » Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1951 » Anne Devlin, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Jean Smart, American actress
• 1951 » Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudanese politician, 1st President of South Sudan
• 1952 » Don Was, American bass player and producer
• 1952 » Réjean Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 » Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer
• 1954 » Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1955 » Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, English rower and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1955 » Joe Morris, American guitarist and composer

• 1941 » Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
• 1944 » W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1946 » William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (b. 1903)
• 1967 » Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)

• 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 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
• November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on September 13, 1953 was between 6.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.