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• Eleonora Hülse, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1988)
• Johan Gerard Bernard Noback, Blokzijl, Nederland († 2002)
• Ingrid Blokzijl, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Marinus Cornelis van de Water, Leusden († 1959)
• Cinésio Nienkötter, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2005)
• Bokke Andringa, Osingahuizen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1955)
• Jos Vanoirbeek, Sint-Truiden, België († 2017)
• Patrick BARTLETT, Neuilly-sur-Seine,92200,Hauts-de-Seine,Île-de-France,FRANCE († 1997)
• Jeannie Ruth Thomas, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Adrianus Marinus J.M. de Rond, Standdaarbuiten

• Cornelia Antonia van de Weijer (54), Deurne
• Barbara Verboekent (47), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Cornelia van Dijk (75), Bloemendaal
• Antonetta Maria Besselink (69), Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Gerhardus Hofstede (45), Oldenzaal
• Calvin Walton RALLS (76), Ohio
• Benjamin Henry Marks (62), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Adrianus Antonius van Rijzewijk (70), Tilburg, Nederland
• Camillie Vanthuyne (78), Reninge,West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Aaltjen ten Hove (94), Rijssen

• 1951 » Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
• 1952 » Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
• 1954 » Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1955 » Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1956 » Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
• 1956 » Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
• 1957 » Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
• 1957 » Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager

• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)

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.
• April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
• 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.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
• December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

The temperature on October 11, 1955 was between 6.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.