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• Robin Lee France, USA († 2010)
• Johan Gerrit Jan Hakkers († 2014)
• Keesje van OORT († 1957)
• Luitzen Jan Overwijk, Gorredijk, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Peter Gene van der Wilt, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1993)
• Astrid Snippe, Den Helder († 2014)
• Herbertus Hendrikus Kreuzen, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2023)
• Willemina Frederika Bovenhorst, Hengelo († 2022)
• Francisca Maria Bleijenga, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Bertha Bakker, Baarn († 2019)

• Aagtje Cornelia Quist (73), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Vis (71), Hoorn, Nederland
• Armand Louis Jeanty (71), Djakarta, Djakarta, Java, Indonesië
• Armand, Louis Jeanty (71), Jakarta indonesia
• Alberdina Adriana Catharina Kanters (77), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Gijsberdina VAN LIEMPD (60), Eindhoven, NB, NETHERLANDS
• Bastiaan Nobel (56), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Antonia Maria Markx (63), Schiedam
• Amedé Cole (66), Sint-Niklaas, België
• Barbara Maria do Espirito Santo (99), Araçoiaba da Serra, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1951 » Greg Valentine, American wrestler
• 1951 » Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 » Javier Marías, Spanish journalist, author, and academic
• 1951 » Joanna Cameron, American actress and model (The Secrets of Isis)
• 1953 » Rocky Mattioli, Italian-Australian boxer
• 1953 » Steve Tom, American actor
• 1954 » Anne McIntosh, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation
• 1955 » Betsy Brantley, American actress
• 1955 » Johnny Kidd, English wrestler

• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)
• 1970 » Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

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.
• 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 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
• August 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.

The temperature on September 20, 1953 was between 8.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.