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• Wendy Jeltema († 1996)
• Patricia Ann McCall, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Anna Goffin, Bingelrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2010)
• Jeffrey L. Bollman, Snake Spring Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 2006)
• Jean Marie Joseph Constant Sondeijker, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Gerda Tammes, Erm, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Elizabeth Maria Middelburg, Rotterdam
• Jim Boeve († 2008)
• Wilhelmus Gijsbertus Greorgius van Dam, Leiden († 2021)
• Gerhardus Johannes Asbreuk, Almelo († 1983)

• Anna Maria Schellekens (68), Eindhoven
• Anna Maria Vromen (73), Brunssum
• Cornelis KWAKMAN (63), Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Smetsers (80), Tilburg, Nederland
• Cornelia de Ruijter (87), Veenendaal
• Adriaantje Huizer (64), Rotterdam
• Anna-Maria Schellekens (68), Eindhoven
• Anna Maria Bijstervelt (78), Eindhoven
• Adriana Venus (87), Ermelo
• Alice Maude HODGETTS (71)

• 1954 » Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist
• 1954 » Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 » Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1954 » Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1990)
• 1955 » Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter († 2000)
• 1955 » Buket Uzuner, Turkish author
• 1955 » John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer († 2006)
• 1955 » Moshe Kam, American engineering educator
• 1956 » Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization

• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)

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 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.

The temperature on October 3, 1955 was between 8.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.