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• Alida Haasbroek († 2008)
• Coenraad VanViegen, Port Colborne († 2006)
• Bartholomeus Hermanus Maria (Bartje) Groen, Eemnes († 1956)
• Elisabeth Nievelstein, Maastricht († 2001)
• Richard Lee Gray, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Debra Lynn Kragt († 2000)
• Johan Proost, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Eduardo Astudillo Astudillo, Chili († 1983)
• Iris Marina Kemeling, Den Haag
• Vicki Arlene Barnett, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Amos Earl Miller (66)
• Aristides Barbosa Ferraz (60), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Cornelia de Jong (83), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Korpershoek (80)
• Amanda L Dradoo (65), Poulsbo, Kitsap, Washington
• Clarence Berwick Banks (76), Hennepin Co., Minnesota
• Catharina Simkens (82), Luyksgestel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Arie Rook (50), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carrie Ackerman (76), Stockton, California, Verenigde Staten
• Cleo May Monroe (67), Luling, Caldwell, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1953 » Robert Saxton, English composer and educator
• 1954 » Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
• 1955 » Alain Ferté, French race car driver
• 1955 » Bill Elliott, American race car driver
• 1955 » Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor
• 1955 » Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist († 1998)
• 1955 » Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania
• 1956 » Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut († 2012)
• 1956 » Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
• 1957 » Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager

• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)

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. Gerardus

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.
• May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• 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.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 8, 1955 was between 3.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.