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• Willebrordus Cornelis Mettrop, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Renea Profijt, Hoogeveen († 1956)
• David Wayne Zeutenhorst, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1972)
• Johnny Antoon Gerard Bongers, Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Wilhelmina Meessen, Voerendaal († 2023)
• David Roy Brazell, Lake Preston, Kingsbury, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1955)
• Kind Bernardus Stoeldraaijers, Bladel en Netersel
• Johan van Vugt, Arnhem († 1982)
• David Daniel Fineman, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Thea Boekel, Alkmaar († 2009)

• Andries Leendert VAN DEN BERG (59), Klundert (NL)
• Caroline Timmerman (67), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, VS
• Arendje Kattouw (64), Maastricht
• Adrianus (2) van Loon (89), Chaam
• Catharina Francina Dieleman (74), Terneuzen
• Catharina Francina Dieleman (74), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Arendje Kattouw (64), Zwolle
• Andries Leendert van den Berg (59), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carrie Timmermans (67)
• Carolina Maria Huberta Hermkens (70), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1953 » Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter
• 1954 » Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
• 1954 » Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator
• 1954 » Paul Mirabella, American baseball player
• 1955 » Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author
• 1956 » Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
• 1956 » Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director

• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)

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.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• 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 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.

The temperature on March 20, 1955 was between -8.4 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.