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• Allegonda frederika Maria Looman, nijmegen († 1998)
• Levenloos Quartel, Noord Gouwe († 1953)
• Sylvia Marianne Lattmann, Jakarta (Indonesië) Batavia († 2011)
• Ida van Rijn, Katwijk († 1993)
• Johanna van Dijk, Mierlo,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Elisabeth Gustave Hortsense (Liesbeth) Wolffensperger, amsterdam, Nederland († 2009)
• Harm Lambertus Booij, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Sylvia Marianne Lattmann, Jakarta, Java († 2011)
• Ada Mathilde Albertine VAN BOETZELAER, Valburg Gelderland Netherlands († 2010)
• Jurriën van Dijkhuizen († 1961)

• Aaltien Oosting (57), Wildervank
• Alida Maria Damman (72), Ledeberg
• Aloijsius Bloemscheer (38), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van der Kaap (76), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice May Henry (71), Wyong, New South Wales, Australia
• Adriana Cornelia Henderson (73), Rotterdam
• Alfons De Beleyr (76), Sint-Niklaas
• Adriana Gerritsen (84), de Beek, Uddel (Apeldoorn)
• Adriana Cornelia Henderson (73), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Arend Otten (28), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1951 » Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer
• 1951 » Russell Brown, Scottish politician
• 1952 » Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach
• 1953 » Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician
• 1953 » Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1953 » Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1953 » Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
• 1954 » Bill Irwin, American wrestler
• 1954 » Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
• 1955 » Scott Simpson, American golfer

• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)

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.
• March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
• October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
• November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

The temperature on September 17, 1953 was between 11.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.