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• Jacoba Cornelia Maria (Jacqueline) van der Jagt († 2005)
• jacobus gertrudis martines marie (jack) hunnekens, helden-grashoek
• Fred(dy) VERLOOP, Bussum († 2014)
• Marc S. Abrahams († 2016)
• Berend Harm Grimmius, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 1956)
• Cheryl Koning († 2012)
• Hugo Frank van den Berg, Naarden († 2012)
• Rebecca Sue BERRY, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Gerrit Ruizendaal, Bunschoten († 1955)
• Harald Maria van der Lubbe, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Cornelis van Os (78), Hilversum
• Aaron "Onnie" Diener (75), San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Kunst (74), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Willem Klaas Bastiaan (75), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adam Philipp Rörsch (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Kunst (74), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Vermonden (67), Meerle
• Adriaan Klink (80)
• Antoon (2) Beemer (56), Soest
• Cornelia den Dulk (68), Scheveningen, Nederland

• 1952 » Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
• 1953 » Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
• 1954 » Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer
• 1954 » Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1955 » Héctor Cúper, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1955 » Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
• 1955 » Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
• 1957 » Jacques Gamblin, French actor
• 1958 » Marg Helgenberger, American actress

• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)

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.
• February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

The temperature on November 16, 1955 was between 2.6 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.