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• Mia Vogelsang († 1992)
• Hugo Joannes Willaert, Ekeren
• Bea Verheijen, Venlo († 2008)
• Janna Francine van Kranen († 1955)
• Verschuuren, Udenhout
• Élisabeth de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92051, France († 2008)
• Marian Welle († 2013)
• Lambert Welten, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Willem van den Biggelaar, Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands († 2004)
• Marian Welle, Kortenhoef († 2013)

• Adrianus Antonius van Wordragen (69), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie (Antje) Ter Haar (77), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, VS
• Antonius Mathlener (91), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Harms Hoekstra (60), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Alice Clary (81)
• Albertus Ratgers (76), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Georgina Antonia Justine Wilkens (82), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
• Aaltje Ykes Zondervan (57)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Conings (71), Meerssen
• Antonetta Beerens (57), Oerle

• 1953 » Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 1954 » Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman
• 1954 » Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor
• 1954 » John Tudor, American baseball player
• 1954 » Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician († 2013)
• 1955 » Bob Schreck, American author
• 1955 » Kim Zimmer, American actress
• 1955 » Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author
• 1955 » Michael Talbott, American actor
• 1956 » Adnan Oktar, Turkish theorist and author

• 1948 » Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1956 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)

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 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.

The temperature on February 2, 1955 was between 2.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 9.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.