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• Wijbe van der lee, Doorn, gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Marianne de Ruijter († 2013)
• Carol L Socki Walski, IL († 2014)
• franciscus johannes gerardus (frans) wilms, geleen
• Johanna Francisca Wijsmuller, Baarn († 2017)
• David Keith Mouw, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2013)
• Johannes W. Bijl, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2011)
• Mario Damo, Haarlem († 1987)
• Paul Hubert Joséph Marie Moers, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johannes W Bijl, Utrecht († 2011)

• Charles Louis Joseph PLANCHANT (85), Paris(6è)
• Bernard Antonie Kütterink (46), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Kuiters (71), Den Haag
• Adriana Smolders (70), Rotterdam
• Alo√Øse Albert ROSENBLATT (81), Altkirch (68130, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Alfred baron de Villenfagne d'Ingihoul (76), Schaerbeek (Bruxelles)
• Blanche Maria Raman (28), Heusden
• Antonius Nicolaas Peek (47), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Aart (73), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clara "Mammie" Bell (72)

• 1954 » Alan Dedicoat, English journalist
• 1954 » François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer († 2017)
• 1954 » Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
• 1955 » Karen Tumulty, American journalist
• 1955 » Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
• 1955 » Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer
• 1955 » Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
• 1956 » Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
• 1957 » Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)

• 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 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
• September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• 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 December 1, 1955 was between 2.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.