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• Adriana (Sjaan) Don, Vlaardingen († 2020)
• johannes p.m.(jan) pijls, roggel († 2022)
• Wiert Buitenkamp, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 2007)
• Emmi Voornhout, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Marie Louise van den Oever, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Tjerk Hendrikuszn. de Jonge, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Theo Jan Martha, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Marie Louise van den Oever, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• NN Spanjer, Groningen
• Richard Boel, Antwerpen († 2022)

• Anna Schneider (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Adolph Elias (85), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Colsher Spencer (75), Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Antje Durks de Graaf (83), Arum, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anthoni Koghee (85), Kerkrade
• Alexander Franciscus van BOUWELEN (61), Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Anna Margaretha Sophia de Vogel (76), Den Haag
• Carl Adolph Elias (85), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anthonie Koghee (85), Kerkrade
• Anna Margaretha Sophia de Vogel (76), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1953 » Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter
• 1953 » Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and conductor
• 1953 » Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer and manager
• 1955 » Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1955 » Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
• 1956 » Steve Riley, American drummer
• 1957 » Brian Dayett, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 » Francis Wheen, English journalist and author
• 1957 » Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
• 1957 » Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1964 » Marc Blitzstein, American pianist and composer (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890)

• 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.
• January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

The temperature on January 22, 1955 was between 1.0 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.