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• Josephus Hendricus Marie van der Post, Den Haag († 2015)
• rosalie petronella johanna (roos) grommen, helden-beringe
• Joseph Magda Adeline Soumillion, Sint Amands († 1956)
• Gerrit Baas, Zwijndrecht († 1975)
• Carolyn A Martin († 1987)
• Marius van MAREN, haaften († 2012)
• Cornelia Anna Maria Leijten, Gilze en Rijen
• Janna "Carla" Neurink, Enschede
• Geni Nunes de Proença, Sarapuí, São Paulo, Brasil († 1989)
• Paul Appeltans, Sint-Truiden, België († 2024)

• Clarissa Riley (82), Richmond, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Barteld de Vries (89), Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abner Monroe Cox (61)
• Adrianus van Mourik (61), Schiedam
• ADRIANUS VOOGD (67), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Cornelis Poeliejoe (65), Beemster,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Antonia Mommers (60), Tilburg
• Bregje Hennink (79), Velsen
• Cornelis van de Kamp (66), Amersfoort
• Catharina Elisabeth van Ree (61), Soest

• 1953 » Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
• 1954 » Adrian Adonis, American wrestler († 1988)
• 1954 » Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist († 2007)
• 1955 » Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Croatian Minister of Defence
• 1955 » Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer († 2019)
• 1955 » Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
• 1955 » Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
• 1956 » Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1956 » Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator

• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)

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.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

The temperature on September 15, 1955 was between 8.9 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.