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• Eunice van Diggelen († 2002)
• Hélène Elizabeth Marianne Ferdinand, Den Haag († 2014)
• Irene Mars de, Zeist, Utr, Nederland († 2008)
• Wim Klokman, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Arlen J Heeren, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois († 2019)
• N.n. Hoeksma, Heerlen
• Jan Middag, Ommen († 1967)
• Henk Leemhuis († 1997)
• Wilhelm Mol, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1970)
• Joseph Howard Jr Gaethofs, Rhode Island († 2012)

• Antje Puijk (81), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Jacobse (62), Leiden
• Benjamin Linder (24), Springfield, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Hoogland (75), "Heerenveen"
• Ada Geertruida Beets (82)
• Amaury Maria Joseph Eduard Paul Ghislain de Ramaix (73), Baulers, BELGIE
• Amaury Marie Joseph Edouard Paul Ghislain de Ramaix (73), Baulers,Province du Brabant Wallon,Walloon Region,Belgique
• Aaltje Huiskamp (65), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Vlaanderen (81), Westzaan
• Arthur Alfred Horatio Branscombe (71), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• 1948 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer († 1992)
• 1950 » Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic († 2013)
• 1953 » Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
• 1954 » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 1956 » Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
• 1956 » Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1956 » Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician
• 1957 » Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
• 1960 » Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)

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. Margaretha
13. Marianne
14. Gerda
15. Marie
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.
• January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
• April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
• 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.
• June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.

The temperature on January 4, 1955 was between -2.9 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east.