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• Dina Cornelia Knol, De Kiel († 2013)
• N.N. Hoevenaar, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1955)
• nn van den Hoek, Meppel († 1955)
• Steffen (Stef) Geskus, Den Haag, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Joska Verkerk, Utrecht
• Helena Gemma Petronella van Valkenburg, Tilburg († 1955)
• N. N. Lengton, Den Haag († 1955)
• Cornelis Fonken († 2008)
• Darell A Easterling, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Harm Blaak, Gemeente Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1975)

• Abigail Shoup (94), Ontario, Canada
• Annie Maria Cox (66)
• Adriana Gerardina Bevelander (70), Utrecht
• Adrianus Pijnenburg (76), Vught
• Catharina Wilhelmina Schipper (67)
• Adriaan OLDENBURG (75), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (68), Utrecht
• Carlton F. Keck (55), unbekannt
• Alida Ariens van Woerkom (82), Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Alponsius De Bruyn (58), Bornem

• 1952 » Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
• 1953 » Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• 1954 » Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic († 2012)
• 1954 » Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1955 » LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 » Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter
• 1956 » Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• 1956 » Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1957 » Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece

• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. John
10. Petrus
11. Gerrit
12. Dirk
13. David
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Marianne
13. Margaretha
14. Gerda
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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 10.7 million citizens.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on January 1, 1955 was between 0.9 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.