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• ? (Levenloos) van Zetten, Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland NED († 1955)
• Johan Scholte-Albers, Valthermussel (Odoorn) († 1997)
• Antonia Vermaat, Rotterdam († 2023)
• Maria Johanna Maas, Bergeyk († 2000)
• Margot Louise Hemingway, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon († 1996)
• Susan Kathleen Lelsz, Galveston-Texas, U.S.A († 2015)
• Rolf Baars, Den Haag († 2006)
• Johannes-Marie Duchateau, Tongeren (B) († 1993)
• Huibert Nicolaas Breijer, Oosterbeek,GL,NL († 1981)
• Eugene Maria Johannes Jozef CRIJNS, Brunssum, Province of Limburg, Netherlands († 1971)

• Anna Mechtildis Spijkers (Spijckers) (77), Maastricht, Nederland
• Andries Nicolai (63), Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Antonia Schets (71), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anthonie Vink (66), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Antonia Schets (71), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannis Snoep (67), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertina ROOIJ, de (91), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannes Obdam (0), Haarlem
• Anne Brown Guerrant Hilldrup (85), Arlington, Virginia
• Anne Marie Françoise "Jacqueline" de Saint-Exupéry (81), Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

• 1953 » Corrado Barazzutti, Italian tennis player
• 1953 » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentine lawyer and politician, former President of Argentina and current Vice President of Argentina
• 1954 » Francis Buchholz, German bass player
• 1954 » Michael Gira, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2011)
• 1955 » Jeff Daniels, American actor and playwright
• 1956 » Dave Wakeling, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Kathleen Beller, American actress
• 1956 » Peter Holsapple, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)

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. Marianne
13. Margaretha
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.
• 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.
• April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

The temperature on February 19, 1955 was between -3.1 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.