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• Joanna Elisabeth Maria Dekker, 't Veld, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Charles Braet († 1972)
• Thomas Mitchell "Tommy" Todd ?****, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Jan van den Haak († 1972)
• Marinus Johannes Martinus Emanuel, Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Andringa, Weesp († 1955)
• Henricus Josephus Johannes Rijkers, de hoeve 'Modestia' in Eierland (Texel) († 1975)
• Renéke Rovers, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Marijke H.C. Aanhane, Leiden († 1955)
• Albert Geert van Vliet, Leiden († 2002)

• Anna Maria Roest (65), 's-Gravenhage
• Abraham Snoeij (75), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Anna Maria Huberta Timmermans (73), Velden
• Andreas Walter Jaegermann (56), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aeilko Woldendorp (78), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Wilhelmina Eerland (72)
• Albert Johannes Blonk (70), Woerden ZH-Utr
• Aagje Zweemer (92), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Andringa (0), Weesp
• Aaltje Bouwma (83), Marum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1952 » Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach († 2014)
• 1953 » Mary Steenburgen, American actress
• 1954 » Joe Maddon, American baseball coach and manager
• 1955 » Jim Neidhart, American wrestler († 2018)
• 1955 » John Grisham, American lawyer and author
• 1956 » Marques Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Karine Chemla, French historian of mathematics and sinologist
• 1958 » Marina Silva, Brazilian environmentalist and politician
• 1958 » Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager († 2007)
• 1959 » Heinz Gunthardt, Swiss tennis player

• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
• 1963 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)
• 1964 » Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1968 » Maurice Maillot, French actor (b. 1906)

• 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 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• 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 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

The temperature on February 8, 1955 was between 5.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.