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• Klaas Struijk († 2014)
• Nn Haak, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1955)
• Anne Sjoerd Draaisma, Delft, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana Elisabeth van den Berg, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Petronella Elisabeth van den Brink, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Benedito de Campos Rosa, Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brasil († 2003)
• N.n. Kuipers
• Cornelia Henrica Meulenbroeks, Hoogeloon († 1956)
• Marinus Verkade († 1972)
• Cornelia Henrica Waterschoot, Hoogeloon († 1956)

• Albertus Johannes de Kock (87), Bruinisse, Schouwen-Duiveland,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis Uitenbroek (65), Rotterdam
• Antonius Petrus Gijsbertus Eijkman (75), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Joanna Maria Bastings (74), Tilburg
• bernardus theodorus leenen (66), tegelen
• Charles Vivian SIMMONS (91), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Alida Visser (69), Benningbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Boogh (77), Hilversum, NH, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertrudis van Bemmelen (74), Voorburg, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina RAVENSBERGEN (89), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1952 » Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
• 1953 » Peter Wright, English historian and author
• 1953 » Ron Hilditch, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1953 » Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
• 1953 » Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic
• 1954 » Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player († 2001)
• 1955 » Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver
• 1955 » Keith Ahlers, English race car driver
• 1955 » Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter

• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)

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. Marie
15. Helena
16. Gerda

• 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.
• February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
• 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.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

The temperature on August 13, 1955 was between 13.8 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.