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• Franciscus Theodorus Reebeen, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joannes Theodorus Maria Nederstigt, Vogelenzang († 1999)
• Dries Ellens, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• John M Appeldorn, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois († 2019)
• Johannes Willem Hemelop, Rotterdam
• Lambert Rutjens († 2013)
• Joannes Theodorus Maria (Jos) Nederstigt, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Jos Nederstigt, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1999)
• Willy Franciscus Bloemen, Bree († 1970)
• Albert Wichmann, ........ († 2007)

• Cornelia Brokx (77), Dongen
• Augustus van de Vijver (77), Hulst, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Scheilen (61), Kerkrade (L
• Banjamin Wetselaar (29), Leiden, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Annie MacDonald (69)
• Alberta Cornelia Delfortrie (69), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Charles Lebolt ALTSCHUL (25), Los Angeles, California
• Adrianus Benedictus Verkleij (94), Leiderdorp
• Charles Eduard Cornelis van Opdorp (84), Rupelmonde (B)
• Clotilde CHOUKROUN (56), Casablanca, MAROC

• 1953 » Alfred Molina, English actor
• 1955 » Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter
• 1955 » Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer
• 1955 » Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1956 » Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop
• 1956 » R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian
• 1958 » Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
• 1959 » Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player († 1985)

• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (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. 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.
• February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
• July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
• 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.

The temperature on May 24, 1955 was between 7.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.