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• Johannes Hendrikus Gerardus Hovestadt, Arnhem († 2020)
• Marlies van Veelen, Heerlen, Gemeente Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Maria Gesina ten Vergert, Enschede († 2005)
• Berend Salomons, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)
• Margaretha M. Bien, Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• David John Pasterkamp, Denver(Colorado) Amerika († 1955)
• Jasper Johannes Fredrikus (Hans) Gossen († 2022)
• Eric Maria Reith, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Donald B. Singleton († 2001)
• Mary Jane Weitzel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada († 2015)

• Berend Elles Welles (79), Haskerdijken, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Ansem Waling (64), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Mols (65), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Davids (73)
• Adelphine LECLERC (88), Saints-Anges, Beauce, Qc
• Aaltje van der Woude (87), Groningen
• Antje Braak (77), Zwolle
• Bartha de Zoete (89), Soestdijk
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Best (60), Tilburg
• Anna Antonia Hulst (72), Bergh

• 1952 » Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer and manager
• 1953 » Robert Doyle, Australian educator and politician, 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• 1954 » Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1954 » David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York
• 1955 » Steve George, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1955 » Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer and producer
• 1956 » Douglas Preston, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Gerry Peyton, English born Irish international footballer and coach
• 1956 » Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic
• 1957 » Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan

• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)

• 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 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
• June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

The temperature on May 20, 1955 was between 1.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.