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• Gerrit Kooistra, Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2022)
• Gerardus Johannes van Kamp, Overschild, Nederland († 1993)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria Nieuwenhout, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Sikke Harkema († 2010)
• Floyd Beryl Wolsey Gibbs, Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Geertruida Maria Wilhelmnia Arkes († 1996)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1955)
• zonder leven vertoond Van Pelt († 1955)
• Euna Valerie Oliver, St. Catherines, Jamaica († 2016)
• Andries Buurs, Broek in Waterland († 2020)

• Antonie Melsbach (68), Apeldoorn
• Akke Durks de Graaf (82), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Christianus Bernardinus Arts (82), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Hermanus Boereboom (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke de Graaf (82), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie van der Linden (59), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alida Wilhelmina Geertruida Korn (64), Heiloo
• Antje HUIZINGA (71), Bedum Groningen Netherlands
• arnoldus joannes hijstek (33), tilburg
• Annemieke Klomp (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1953 » Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach
• 1953 » Fiona Rae, Scottish painter
• 1953 » Gus Williams, American basketball player
• 1953 » Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 » Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1954 » Rekha, Indian actress
• 1956 » Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer
• 1956 » David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer
• 1956 » Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor

• 1948 » Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
• 1963 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)

• 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.
• April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• 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.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.

The temperature on October 10, 1955 was between 8.1 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.