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• Hendrik Carolus Franciscus van Alphen, Den Helder († 1973)
• Jeltje Marijke van der Veen, Koudum, Hemelumer Oldephaert en Noordwolde (Frl)
• Constantius Leonardus Raes, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Stephanus Hendrikus Petrus Cornelissen, Gendt († 1956)
• Coen Raes, Heerlen († 2002)
• Bareld Hans van der Wal, Bergum, Friesland, Nederland
• NN Koudijs, Medemblik († 1955)
• Gunder Quasters, Temse († 1992)
• Theodoor Doyer, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Shireen van Greunen

• Anna Sophia STRIETELMEIER (80), Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States of America
• Carolina Beijnen (80), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Swanen (78), Lage Mierde
• * Petrus Marinus Kramer (55), Haarlem
• Beeko Sijtsema (81), Siddeburen (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Anthonia Hendrika Benders (65), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Lasterie (55), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augusta Margaretha Catharina Bratengeijer (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• bastiaan WAARDENBURG (62), rotterdam
• Antoon Consten (76), Nieuwenhagen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1953 » Alan Rusbridger, Zambia-born English journalist and academic
• 1953 » Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright
• 1953 » Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
• 1953 » Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips († 2005)
• 1953 » Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
• 1954 » Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
• 1954 » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1955 » Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and popular science writer
• 1956 » Katy Munger, American writer
• 1957 » Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer († 2017)

• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
• 1960 » Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
• 1967 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)

• 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.
• February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
• November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on December 29, 1955 was between 3.3 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.