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• Marinus Gijsbertus van Schie, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Albertus van Wieringen, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Tjeerd Draaisma († 2018)
• Tonny van de Pol, Appeltern († 2005)
• Neeltje van Beuzekom († 1955)
• Warna Hofsteenge, Rolde († 2014)
• maria anna zeeders
• Engelina Gerarda Maria (Lieneke) Sulmann, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Lucia Maria Francisca van Munster, amsterdam († 2011)
• Catharina Johanna Maria van Schie, Bloemendaal († 1956)

• Albert G. Stephan (88), Canton, Stark, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Jan ter Hag (68), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Mochon (73), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
• Anna Gerardina Pit (90)
• Adriana WALRAVEN (62), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Vos (92), Gorinchem
• Adrianus Hobo (8), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrietta Petronella Nygren (76), Fröland, Timrå, Västernorrland, Sverige
• Augustus Henry Williams (73), West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex
• Andries Johannes Buik (40), Baarn

• 1954 » Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
• 1954 » Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
• 1955 » Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
• 1955 » Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
• 1955 » Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Cynthia McFadden, American journalist
• 1956 » Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1956 » Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
• 1957 » Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
• 1957 » Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport

• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)

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. Gerardus

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 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.

The temperature on May 27, 1955 was between 7.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.