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• Kathryn Gross, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2023)
• Pauline Wiertz, amsterdam, Nederland († 2019)
• Eric Dimier de La Brunetière, Casablanca, Maroc († 1992)
• Margaretha Jantina Lautenbach, Groningen († 2016)
• Silvia Lucia Tatit Gianisella, Itararé, São Paulo, Brasil († 2015)
• Rienk Prins, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland († 2006)
• arie machiel van Lent, Ophemert († 1988)
• Sara Pieternella Riedijk, Vlaardingen († 2016)
• Truitje de Boer, Urk († 1965)
• Wiesje Jans Hoekstra, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)

• Aaltje Hoornweg (47), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Achille Léon VANDROEMME (55)
• Anna Maria Nooijens (93), Etten-Leur, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aart van Gelder (74), Rotterdam, Charlois
• Aloisius Josephus Sommen (70), Baarle-Nassau
• Alberdina Bolsenbroek (67), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Sterren (94), Nieuwkuijk
• Albertus Schermer (82), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Hendrik Geeraths (46), ,, Jakarta, Indonesië
• Alberdina Bolsenbroek (67), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1953 » Peter Onorati, American actor
• 1953 » Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
• 1953 » Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1954 » Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
• 1955 » Debra Winger, American actress
• 1955 » Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1955 » Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 » Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
• 1955 » Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1956 » Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor

• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
• 1955 » James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909)
• 1955 » Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1956 » H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 1961 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)

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. 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.
• April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
• December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 16, 1955 was between 3.7 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.