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• Thomas Jacobus Maria den Boer, Dongen († 1992)
• Hermanus Johannes Huis In 'T Veld, Geesteren († 2022)
• Adriaan UIJL, Vlissingen († 2020)
• Rita Overmars († 2024)
• Annemarie Blok († 2023)
• Johannes Helmut Kaschik, Bad Voslau, Oostenrijk († 2020)
• Allen John Laning, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States († 2021)
• Martje Froma, Losdorp († 2014)
• Paula Cornelia Mulder, Voorthuizen (Barneveld) († 1965)
• Emad "Dodi" El Din Mobay Abdel Monein Fayed, Ash Shatibi, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt († 1997)

• Alfonso Claude Crowley (73), Putnam County, TN
• Alberdina Janssen (64), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Barendina Martina Adrianusd. Schenk (78), Voorburg
• Carolina Johanna van Vianen (89), Rotterdam
• Anthonie Johannes de Winter (43), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berndina Bloemberg (81), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berndina Bernadina Bloemberg (81), Duiven
• Adrianus Geertrudes van der Most (92), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adolphe FUCHS (46), Paris,75000,Paris,Île-de-France,FRANCE
• Anne Bloo (34)

• 1952 » Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic
• 1952 » Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer
• 1952 » Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer († 1997)
• 1955 » Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician
• 1956 » Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
• 1958 » John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
• 1958 » Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach

• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)

• 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.
• 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 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
• 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 April 15, 1955 was between 2.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.