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• Jennings Cole Overstreet, Kissimmee, Flevoland, Nederland († 1983)
• Paul Henry Anna Kruip, Orange, California, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Hein Schilder († 2023)
• Rony Joseph Supply, Ieper († 2023)
• Git Thoonsen, Nijmegen († 2014)
• Dionne van Lent († 2001)
• Tine Hendrike CLEVERING, Den Andel Groningen Netherlands († 1997)
• Alie POST, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1966)
• Guy Van den Ende, Jadotville († 2018)
• Ate Eijer, Jubbega, Friesland, Nederland

• Antonetta Maria Joosen (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clémentine de Belgique (82), Nice, 06088, France
• Joanna Catharina Bogers (74), Kruisland
• Antonia Johanna Charlotta Zillesen (76), Doorn
• Antje Ydes Ydema (95), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Jan de Weerd (60), Deventer
• Christina Elisabeth Hiebendaal (80), Rotterdam
• Adam Rijnberg (84), Sint-Annaland
• Aaltje Bakker (70)
• Clémentine Demeyer (89), Kluisbergen, Vlaams Gewest, België

• 1952 » George Allen, American lawyer and politician, 67th Governor of Virginia
• 1953 » Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1954 » David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer
• 1954 » Steve James, American documentary filmmaker
• 1956 » David Malpass, American economist and government official
• 1956 » Laurie Cunningham, English footballer († 1989)
• 1957 » Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
• 1957 » Clive Burr, English rock drummer († 2013)
• 1957 » William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer
• 1958 » Andy McDonald, English lawyer and politician

• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1945)

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. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Margaretha
13. Marianne
14. Helena
15. Gerda
16. Marie

• 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.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• 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.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.

The temperature on March 8, 1955 was between -3.6 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.