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• Craig Dorenbos, Chicago (Illinois, USA) († 2008)
• N.n. de Vries, Kampen († 1953)
• Rosette Valkeneers († 1995)
• Harrie van Hoof
• Dimphena Antonetta Cornelia Aerts, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Mark Clement SULLIVAN, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Everardus Hermanus Wilhelmus Josephus van Pampus, Haarlem / Overveen († 1989)
• Jasper Hoogsteen, Harkema Opeinde († 2002)
• Cornelis Zwaan, Rijnsburg († 2008)
• Henkie Klijn, De Moer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)

• Arjen Kasje (78), Harlingen
• Dirk Achterberg (16), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Cleners (84), Geel
• Geert Schutte (51), Winschoten (NL)
• Arie van 't Hoft (80), Rotterdam
• Cornelius Leonardus Schellekens (74), Udenhout
• Evert IJZERMAN (73), Amsterdam
• Elisabeth Maria van Erp (78), Dussen, 4271, Nederland
• Arie VAN 'T HOFT (80), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Geert Schutte (51), Winschoten

• 1951 » Judith Ivey, American actress
• 1951 » Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1951 » Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer
• 1952 » Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician († 2013)
• 1953 » Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1953 » Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author
• 1953 » Michael Stean, English chess player and author
• 1955 » Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana
• 1955 » David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer

• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1977 » Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)

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.
• 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 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
• 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 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

The temperature on September 4, 1953 was between 7.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.