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• Paulus Hendricus (Paul) van Dongen, Turnhout († 1976)
• Margaretha Carolina Maria Goedemondt, Vierakker († 2012)
• Leslie Patricia Visagie, Mombassa, Mombasa County, Kenya († 1994)
• Jurjen Stephanus Corman, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Baukje van der Wijk († 2020)
• Karel Ferdinad van Walree, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1979)
• van Vessem, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1973)
• Adrian Vinzenz Eduard van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Coburg († 2011)
• Adrian Vinzenz Eduard von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Coburg, Allemagne († 2011)
• Sjan Melsen

• Anna Maria Josephina Boons (78), Herentals
• Auktje Tel (98), Assen
• Aleida Timmer (40), Coevorden
• Antoinetta Maria Josephina Francisca Zuure (78), Zwolle
• Abraham Prins (58), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Barbara Kohl (81), Wittem, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• Christophe BINET (0)
• Abraham Prins (58), Amsterdam
• Alida Cecilia Bak (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus Marianus Tode (82), Rotterdam

• 1954 » Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Nick Houghton, English general
• 1955 » David Twohy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Denis Watson, Zimbabwean golfer
• 1955 » Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian journalist and television host († 2012)
• 1955 » Mark Welland, English physicist and academic
• 1955 » Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
• 1955 » Stu Mead, American painter and illustrator
• 1955 » Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host
• 1955 » Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
• 1966 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)

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 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• 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 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.

The temperature on October 18, 1955 was between 1.1 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.