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• Kay Marie Rewerts, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa († 2023)
• Jelte de Jong, Drachten († 2025)
• Helena Sollet, Maastricht
• Anna Maria Clotilde Irma Crommelinck, Melle († 2005)
• Johannes Post, Ommen († 1955)
• Hans Kronenburg († 1983)
• Jennifer Helen Newton, Orange, NSW († 1955)
• Myra A Boldt, Strawberry Point, Clayton County, Iowa († 2024)
• Claudine Dubois
• Cornelia Jacoba de Hond, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland

• Gaugurica Adriana Schoon (73), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bauke Deinum (86), Harlingen
• Emma Rachel Buzaglo (75), amsterdam, Nederland
• Douwe Wouters (78), Bilthoven
• Antoni Arnoldus Bruins (53)
• Anna Geertruida Klaassen (82), Didam
• Aldert Alderts van der Leest (53)
• Arie Nieuwenhuijsen (60), Rotterdam
• Christian Peter Nelson (48), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Egbert Johan Hofstede (65), Haren (Groningen)

• 1954 » G.V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer and academic († 2007)
• 1954 » Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach († 2012)
• 1954 » Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco († 2012)
• 1955 » Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist, essayist and poet
• 1955 » David Wu, Taiwanese-American lawyer and politician
• 1955 » Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
• 1955 » Ricky Bell, American football player († 1984)
• 1955 » Ron Johnson, American businessman and politician
• 1956 » Christine Boisson, French actress
• 1956 » Michael Benton, Scottish-English paleontologist and academic

• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)

• 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 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
• 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.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.

The temperature on April 8, 1955 was between 7.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 12.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.