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• Marie Christine Douwes Dekker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Wilhelmina Sija van Dueren den Hollander, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1955)
• Janna Niessen, IJsselstein († 2011)
• Patricia Adang, Oss († 1955)
• Jacobus Theodorus Franciscus van der Linden, Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Julie Gross († 1975)
• John Frederick Petzer († 2013)
• Janna Niessen, IJsselstein († 2011)
• Rudy Scholtens († 2022)
• Siprinana Geertruida Drost († 1955)

• Bartha Riphagen (78), Epe
• Allegonda Johanna van den Eventuin (71), Helmond
• Bouwe (Ben) Jans van der Meer (77), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth van Roon (70), Haarlem
• Anna WISMAN (78), Zelhem, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Barta Riphagen (78), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Winter (79), Meedhuizen (Gem. Delfzijl)
• Amedé BOODTS (0)
• Amede Leo Boodts (3), Bazel
• Albert Klazes Stol (83), Lutjegast

• 1952 » Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter
• 1953 » Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player
• 1954 » Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
• 1954 » Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
• 1955 » David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge
• 1955 » Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist
• 1955 » Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
• 1956 » Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter
• 1957 » Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter

• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)

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. Marianne
13. Margaretha
14. Marie
15. Gerda
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 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
• October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

The temperature on April 30, 1955 was between 10.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.