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• Francisca Apon, Palembang († 2003)
• Theodor Jurriaan Gerardus Deckers, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Siebe Sybe Donga, Hallum, Ferweradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)
• Gudrun Lutter, Schaumburg, Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2005)
• Yvonne Wolvers, Delft († 1956)
• Robert William Bohlsen, Chippewa County, MN
• Ida Bos, Sonnega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Liesje Vos, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dimphie Broosus († 2018)
• John Vlaming († 2016)

• Gijsbert van Rijn (42), ! Rotterdam
• Adam Gerard van Wersch (27), Kerkrade,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonij de Graaf (86), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Vermerris (82), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• August Willem Wouters (50), Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonij de Graaf (86), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Gerarda ( Antje ) Demon- (38), Huissen, Nederland
• Aaltje Nap (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Schoone (70), Koog aan de Zaan
• Arend Schaaf (63), Bellingwolde

• 1949 » Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-French journalist and author
• 1950 » Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier; 1972 Olympic slalom champion († 2006)
• 1950 » Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian politician; 51st President of Argentina, 2003–2007 († 2010)
• 1950 » Neil Jordan, Irish film director, screenwriter and author
• 1951 » Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter and coach; four Olympic medals and two world records
• 1952 » Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle road racing champion; holds record for most wins (26) at the Isle of Man TT († 2000)
• 1953 » José María Aznar, Spanish politician; Prime Minister of Spain, 1996–2004
• 1957 » Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore politician; 5th Senior Minister of Singapore
• 1958 » Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach; four-time NBA Finals champion
• 1962 » Birgit Fischer, German kayaker; winner of eight Olympic gold medals

• 1945 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
• 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
• 1964 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
• 1970 » Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)

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.
• 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.
• May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• 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.
• July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on February 25, 1955 was between -5.0 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.