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• Tonya Suzzane Hanby († 1955)
• Ate Tuitman, Hoogvliet
• NN Gordijn, 's Gravenhage († 1955)
• martinus wilhelmus gerardus (martien) pubben, helden-beringe
• Anna Bleijleven, Heerlen, Nederland († 1986)
• Wim Brouwer († 2007)
• Dennis L. Kittrell, Odessa, Ector County, Texas († 1955)
• David Dean Patterson († 1985)
• Trice Edgar Taylor, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Rosina Theresia Anna Manders, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1975)

• Casparus Albertus van Vliet (77), Vlaardingen
• Arie Rijsdijk (83), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Coralie (Cora) Vriesendorp (84), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Willems Kuperus (81), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kuperus (81), Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Elisabeth Raemaekers (69), Deurne
• Bernardus van der Velden (63), Raamsdonksveer
• Anna Zeevaart (89), Krabbendijke gem. Reimerswaal Zld. Nederland
• Anna Maria Withoos (77), Eindhoven
• Catharina Maria Lukassen (79), Renkum (GL)

• 1952 » William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, and political activist/pundit
• 1953 » Andres Alver, Estonian architect and academic
• 1953 » Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader and academic
• 1954 » Raivo Järvi, Estonian radio host and politician († 2012)
• 1955 » Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
• 1955 » Grace Knight, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1956 » Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver († 2001)
• 1957 » Dan Bigras, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Peter Wynn, Australian rugby league player and businessman

• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1954 » René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (b. 1897)
• 1961 » Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (b. 1875)
• 1961 » Kurt Meyer, German general (b. 1910)

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.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
• August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on December 23, 1955 was between 1.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.