• Randy Ross, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2003)
• Eduard Jan Cornelis van der Werff, Haarlem († 1955)
• Angela Madeleine Glans, Paramaribo († 1994)
• Edith Johanna Maria Mölders († 1984)
• Kenneth Watson, Bangor, North Wales († 1993)
• Richard John Hamstra, Rensselaer-Indiana (USA) († 2021)
• Theodorus Jacobus Elisabeth Hermans, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1977)
• Eddie Halen, van, Amsterdam († 2020)
• Margaretha Tujeehut, Curacao († 2015)
• Willem Frederik van Loo († 2005)

• Adrianus Johannes LIPS (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Conraad Meijer (64), Groningen
• Berend Oosting (28), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna, Engelbertha, Johanna Mudde (64), Amsterdam
• Christiaan Alexander van Viegen (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Tak (74), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Eerdes Postma (86), Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnulfo Rayes Esparza (64), Esparza Cemetery, El Ranchito, Cameron Cty, TX
• Anna Maria van der Aa (69)
• Antonia Speltinckx (91)

• 1953 » Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1954 » Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1954 » Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
• 1954 » Rick Warren, American pastor and author
• 1955 » Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France
• 1955 » Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
• 1956 » Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
• 1957 » Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1957 » Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1953 » Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Pieter
8. Robert
9. John
10. Petrus
11. David
12. Gerrit
13. Dirk
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Margaretha
13. Mary
14. Marianne
15. Marie
16. Ingrid

• 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.
• May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• 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.
• August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on January 28, 1955 was between 1.1 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.