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• Annabel Catharine OLIPHANT († 1980)
• Dirk Theodorus Gerardus Scholte, Hoogezand(Gr)-Sappemeer († 2020)
• Johanna Hendrika van der Wardt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Sally Marie Engel († 1983)
• Ronald Dat, Deventer († 2018)
• Harvey John Rozeboom, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Sophia Johanna Maria Schepers, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• (Bert) Lambertus Antonius Balemans, Hoeven, 4741, Nederland († 2005)
• Theophilus Maria van Denderen († 1988)
• Grant Evan Richens, Moses Lake, Grant, Washington, United States († 2000)

• Annie Dijkema (77)
• Boukje van Straten (89), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Harijgens (73), Den Haag
• Age Schaap (86), Barneveld
• Adrianus Johannes Boelen (55), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adeleida Potten (88), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnold Ange Hodie Peulen (86), Rotterdam
• Arend Boers (87), Enschede
• Carolina Josephina Faassen (82), Breda
• Andries Stoop (55), Ursem

• 1954 » Michael Badalucco, American actor
• 1954 » Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
• 1955 » Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport
• 1955 » David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer
• 1955 » Martin Schulz, German politician
• 1956 » Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman
• 1956 » Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
• 1956 » Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter († 2009)
• 1956 » Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
• 1956 » Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania

• 1939 » Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1968 » John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)

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. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
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 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
• 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.
• June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.

The temperature on December 20, 1955 was between -3.9 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.