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• James Lawrence Alvey, Marion County, Kentucky († 1955)
• Cornelis Moerland, Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean Ann Meester, Colfax township, Grundy County, Iowa († 2024)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Jacqueline de Vet, Esch († 1992)
• Augustinus Johannes Maria van de Hulsbeek, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johanna Petertje Dalhuisen († 1999)
• Sonja Cerneus, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2014)
• Diane Bowling ****, Middletown, Butler, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Theodorus Petrus Kuijs, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Esther Maria Speijers, Nijmegen († 2016)

• ANNA CATHARINA CAEYERS (85)
• "Marie Louise" Priska Jeanne Josèphe Colette Ghislaine de Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck (72), Wattripont
• Catharina Taheij (76), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Kruger (85), Velsen
• Anna Maria Velden, van der (79), Beneden Leeuwen
• Berendina Petronella Locht (65), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Barendina Berdou (66), Amsterdam
• Baron Marie Alexandre Pallu de la Barrière (84), Monaco
• Adriana van der Velden (79), Wamel, Nederland
• Antje Hogeboom (81), Epe

• 1953 » Craig Taubman, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » James Smith, American boxer
• 1953 » Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator
• 1953 » Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna
• 1954 » Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
• 1954 » K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician
• 1956 » Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer
• 1956 » Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
• 1956 » Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
• 1956 » Ray Combs, American game show host († 1996)

• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
• 1962 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)

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.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on April 3, 1955 was between 3.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.