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• Cees van Kasbergen († 1985)
• Paulus Theodorus Maria de Leede, Doetinchem († 2023)
• Maria Magdalena Johanna Arping († 2018)
• Gregory Stemper, Minneapolis († 1998)
• Nadine Israel, Johannesburg, South Africa († 2018)
• José Carlos Hasckel, Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1956)
• Tonny Hulst († 2015)
• Brian G. Robinson, Durand, MI
• Suzan Jane Davis, San Diego, California († 2017)
• Myriam VANAUBEL, Voeren (B) († 2015)

• Adam Krieger (82), Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
• Cornelia Johanna Aggelen van (31), Ede
• Bart Nico van Dalfsen van Dalfsen (0)
• Berend Stubbe (70), Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Petersen (63), Rotterdam
• Charles Wesley McDonald (80), St. John Township, Stafford, Kansas, United States
• arie ROMEIJN (39), new york, Verenigde Staten
• Carolina van Hooijdonk (65), Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België
• Antje Mulder (71), -
• Cornelia Johanna van Aggelen (31), Ede

• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Cathy Rigby, American gymnast
• 1953 » Martin Ferguson, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1953 » Rafael Septién, Mexican-American football player
• 1955 » Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
• 1955 » Stephen Smith, Australian lawyer and politician, 53rd Australian Minister of Defence
• 1956 » Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
• 1957 » Sheila E., American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actress
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Alexander Crutchfield, American businessman, financier and investor

• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)
• 1966 » Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1970 » Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)

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.
• January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
• December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.

The temperature on December 12, 1955 was between -5.3 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.