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• Pieter Blonk, Katwijk († 2010)
• Mary Malikowski († 1955)
• Bernardus Johannes SCHEERS, Doetinchem († 2020)
• Adrianus Franciscus Antonius "Ad " Stuijts, Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1993)
• Maria Elisabeth Hubertina VISSERS, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Mariet Janssen, Horst († 2003)
• John Scot(Scottie) Welling, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Mark A Lemke († 2010)
• Wienus Wessels († 2017)
• Pieter Blonk († 2010)

• Adrian Bähler (73), Tyron, Polk, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Reuvekamp (93)
• Albertus Bakker (0), Meppel
• Amelia Theodora Nelissen (85), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Sloots (23), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Clayton Wissinger (80)
• Akke Houtman (23), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Beene Fokkens (72), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alderk (Alerich) Ernst Buessing Blumeyer (83), Oregon, Ogle Co., IL
• Amanda Cuffez (62), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1952 » Chuck Burgi, American drummer
• 1953 » Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
• 1953 » Mark Thatcher, English businessman
• 1953 » Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
• 1954 » Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author († 2004)
• 1956 » Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
• 1956 » Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1956 » Robert Syms, English businessman and politician
• 1957 » Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
• 1958 » Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author

• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)

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 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

The temperature on August 15, 1955 was between 13.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.