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• Gene E Marken († 2006)
• Linda Vanderhaeghe, Roeselare († 1981)
• Roelof Jan Appelmelk, Leimuiden, Nederland († 1961)
• Jozef Kooiman († 1977)
• Ronald James Vanderford, Longview, Cowlitz, Washington († 1963)
• Bruce William Mill († 2011)
• Adriana Elisabeth Elzinga, Amsterdam († 1999)
• Adriana Elisabeth Elzinga, Amsterdam († 1999)
• Levenloos geboren Schepemaker, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Edda Hendrica Mommaerts, Schoten, België

• Abraham Vermeer (68), vlaardingen
• Constance Louise Heijliger (85), Zeist
• Constance Louise van Weelden, Zeist
• Antje de Vries (82), Dordrecht
• Christine Adriana Lucretia Catharina Thomassen a Thuessink van der Hoop van Slochteren (76), Rotterdam
• Camille Victor DETEMMERMAN (71), Marche-lez-Écaussinnes, Henegouwen, België
• Arie Koppen (80)
• Arend van Norden (79), Haarlem
• Akke Nicolaasdr. Drijfhout (73)
• Arnoldus Mol (43), Wervershoof, Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host
• 1954 » Mohamed Ben Mouza, Tunisian footballer
• 1954 » Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator
• 1955 » Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter
• 1955 » Bernard Longley, English prelate
• 1955 » Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Christian Gourcuff, French footballer and manager
• 1955 » Ricardo Ferrero, Argentine footballer († 2015)
• 1955 » Takayoshi Yamano, Japanese footballer

• 1949 » Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (b. 1886)
• 1950 » Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (b. 1876)
• 1952 » Agnes Morton, British tennis player (b.
• 1954 » Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1954 » Princess Märtha of Sweden, (b. 1901)
• 1956 » William Titt, British gymnast (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Isidora Sekulić, Serbian writer (b. 1877)
• 1958 » Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (b. 1908)

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. 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.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• 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.

The temperature on April 5, 1955 was between 6.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.