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• Fokke (Oedzes) de Haan, Harkema Opeinde, Friesland, Nederland († 2024)
• Albert Bleeker, Alkmaar († 2019)
• Gepke Antje Henderika Meulman, Grootegast († 2017)
• Michael Jay KINSINGER, Iruma Air Base,Sayamashi,Saitama-Ken,JAPON († 2011)
• Gérard Hubert Marie Zwiers († 2021)
• David Pennington, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., MI († 1971)
• Gepke Antje Hendrika Meulman, Grootegast († 2017)
• Popck Sigurda DE HAAN, Hansweert Zeeland Netherlands († 1992)
• Otto van der Meij († 1969)
• Rainer Mahnken, Breddorf, Duitsland († 2016)

• Annigje Cornelia Uittenbogerd (69), Goudriaan
• Aaltje Roelofsen (67), Opheusden (GL) The Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia Wessels (45)
• Aaltje Renkema (88)
• Aagje Bakker (82), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Duringshoff (71), Ermelo
• Antje Hoekstra (84), Zwagerveen (Friesland)
• Anna Speetjens (74), Maastricht, Nederland
• Anna Tromp (90), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius KORTOOMS (62), Deurne en Liessel(N-Br.)

• 1953 » Tanino Liberatore, Italian author and illustrator
• 1954 » John Faulkner, Australian educator and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Defence
• 1954 » Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician († 2015)
• 1955 » Fabian Hamilton, English graphic designer, engineer, and politician
• 1956 » Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor
• 1957 » Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author
• 1957 » Tama Janowitz, American novelist and short story writer
• 1957 » Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)

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. 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.
• 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.
• February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
• November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
• 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 April 12, 1955 was between 4.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.