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• Paultje Vonk, Zwolle, Ov, Nederland († 1955)
• Maria Gezina Agnes Kottink, Geesteren († 2014)
• Sleutels, Roggel († 1955)
• Johanna Francisca van Gellekom, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• N.N. van der Heijden, Delft
• N.n. van Eerde, Urk († 1955)
• Annigje Alberta von Eije, Bruchterveld († 2021)
• Levenloos kind Opdam, Leiden († 1955)
• Harmen Michiel Heslinga, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)
• Guillaume Leonardus Henricus Antonius van Mackelenbergh, 's-Hertogenbosch, Gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Niederlande († 1955)

• * Aldert Koppendraier (86), Rotterdam
• Anna Cornelia Hoevenaars (85), Oud en Nieuw Gastel (NL)
• Adelfa Solorzano Robleto (79), Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
• Anna Hayenga
• Anna Margareta Schroeren (76), Goirle
• Antonia Engels (80), Aarle-Rixtel
• Adrianus Cornelis van Puijenbroek (88), Antwerpen (België)
• van Eerde
• Adriana Anna Barbier (62), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Margrieta Oldenhof (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1951 » Aivars Kalējs, Latvian organist, composer, and pianist
• 1951 » Ana María Shua, Argentinian author and poet
• 1951 » Paul Carrack, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Dave Loveridge, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » François Berléand, French actor
• 1952 » Phil Smith, American basketball player († 2002)
• 1953 » Richard Broadbent, English businessman
• 1953 » Valeri Bondarenko, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1955 » David Collier, English businessman
• 1957 » Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland

• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1951 » Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)
• 1956 » Walt Faulkner, American race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (b. 1911)

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.
• June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
• December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

The temperature on April 22, 1955 was between 0.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.