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• Josephina Maria Johanna HAAGEN, Klarenbeek († 1955)
• Nico Koolen († 2012)
• Michael Douglas Vreeman († 1955)
• (Stillborn) SWART, Sexbierum (Barradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1955)
• Gerry Webbink, Albergen († 2022)
• Donna Marie Calloway Hobbs, Bremerton (Kitsap County) (Washington) († 2021)
• Sonja Beverwijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2023)
• Valdir Pitz, Brasil († 1976)
• Gert Labots, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Grietje Aardema, Emmen († 2018)

• Antje Aaij (64), Alkmaar
• Anna Maria VAN VELDHOVEN (104), Raamsdonk, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Alida Nijboer (84), Ermelo
• Amelia L. Wobschall (86), Waseca, Was, MN 56093
• Anna Wierenga (71), Roswinkel, Emmen
• Alide Frouwine Botje (69), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Jacob "Jake" Kaler (75), Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Wierenga (71), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (Stillborn) BELGRAVE (0), Oak Park Cook County Illinois U.S.A
• Antje Holst (80)

• 1951 » Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
• 1951 » Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author († 2014)
• 1952 » Fred Lynn, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 » Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » John Jefferson, American football player and coach
• 1956 » Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
• 1957 » Eric Lander, American mathematician, geneticist, and academic
• 1958 » Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American economist
• 1958 » Greg Mankiw, American economist and academic
• 1958 » Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut

• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
• 1956 » Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)
• 1959 » The Day the Music Died
• 1960 » Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
• 1961 » Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1961 » William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Benjamin R. Jacobs (b. 1879)

• 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.
• January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
• June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.

The temperature on February 3, 1955 was between 3.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.