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• Ben Klupper († 2011)
• Françis ESTRELLA, Ain-El-Turck, Algerie († 2001)
• Joke Baars († 1965)
• Sjaak Smit, Texel († 2012)
• Johan Pieter van Duijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Frederick Jason Mast, Barrhead, Alberta, Canada († 1975)
• Johannes Kielstra, Oldemarkt, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)
• NN te Nuijl, Velsen († 1955)
• Janine Vreugdenhil († 1982)
• Janette van Veldhuizen († 2005)

• Catherine Vitringa (69), Doetinchem
• Antje Vos (81), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Aartje Lieftink (80), Utrecht
• Alida Alewijn (88), Heemstede
• Arend Bunt (74), Meppel
• Anna Gerardina de Bont (81), Brunssum
• Catharina van Bers (58), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernard ter Halle (72), Almelo
• Annie Jane Long **** (75), Columbus Co., North Carolina
• Anna Catharina (Gerardina) de Bont (81), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland

• 1952 » Eva Dillner, Swedish author
• 1953 » Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
• 1954 » Gary Roenicke, American baseball player and scout
• 1954 » Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
• 1955 » Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower († 2003)
• 1955 » Miyuki Kawanaka, Japanese singer
• 1956 » Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright
• 1956 » Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
• 1956 » Krystian Zimerman, Polish virtuoso pianist
• 1957 » Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician

• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)
• 1964 » V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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. 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.
• April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
• 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.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
• October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on December 5, 1955 was between 1.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.