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• Gabe van Dijkhuizen, Zeist († 2007)
• Theunis Gerhardus Corver, Warden, Orange Free State, R.S.A.
• Frank Bollen, Heerlen († 2020)
• Everardus Johannes Hendrikus van den Brakel, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Adrianus "Adrie" van Beelen († 2021)
• Shane Albert Ross CHILCOTT, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2017)
• Hendrik Doppenberg, Harderwijk († 2008)
• Patsy Kittrell Hartley >K FgmKittrellMSBu>1 fr 4, State Line, Greene County, Mississippi ac († 2005)
• Leonardus Casper Everardus Bollen, Heerlen († 2020)
• Sylvia Johanna Bosma

• Arendina Pierik (77), Goor, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Bertus van Ree (80), Nijkerk
• Adrianus Cornelis Leonardus van Deurzen (78), Schiedam
• Catharina Mulder (78), Texel
• Alida Los (75), Woerden
• Auke Pot (70)
• Anthonia Knoppert (76)
• Anna M Slater (71), Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Carel Jacob ten Zeldam (84), Velp, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Maria Louisa Houts (78), Helmond

• 1953 » Athene Donald, English physicist and academic
• 1953 » George Brett, American baseball player and coach
• 1953 » Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
• 1954 » Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
• 1955 » Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
• 1955 » Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician († 2013)
• 1956 » Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour
• 1956 » Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
• 1956 » Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer

• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)

• 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 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 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.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 15, 1955 was between 4.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.