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• Rob Franciscus van Maaren, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Fredericus Johannes Martinus Colenbrander, Varsseveld (Wisch) († 2021)
• Maartje Tol, Amsterdam († 1971)
• Liesebeth Vogelaar, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• IJtje Bouius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Hendrica Hubertina Rongen, Venray († 1995)
• Hendrika Huberdina Rongen, Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 1995)
• Janet Irene Geary, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa († 2023)
• Robert van den Hoonaard, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1955)
• Sina Hermina Welleweerd († 2003)

• Adriana Maria van Hirtum (78), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Drieskens (89), Rotterdam
• Antonia de Rooij (54), Hoeven
• Barend NAVEST (70), Heerlen (Limburg, The Netherlands)
• Aaldrik de Vries (79), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Jurriens Pinkster (54), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Cornelis Bek (83)
• Antonius Johannes Engelen (63), amsterdam, Nederland
• Kaper (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Pinkster (54), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1951 » Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1954 » Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist and songwriter
• 1954 » Faoud Bacchus, Guyanese cricketer
• 1955 » Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis player and manager
• 1956 » Guido van Rossum, Dutch programmer, creator of the Python programming language
• 1956 » John Lydon, English singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer
• 1958 » Armin Reichel, German footballer and manager
• 1959 » Anthony LaPaglia, Australian actor and producer
• 1959 » Kelly Lynch, American model and actress

• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (b. 1908)

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. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Margaretha
13. Marianne
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.
• April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
• May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
• June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
• August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.

The temperature on January 31, 1955 was between 4.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.