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• Fanny Tippens, Rotterdam
• Johannes Neels, Wemeldinge († 2003)
• Louis LENAERTS, Helchteren (Limburg) (B) († 1977)
• Tiny van Mierlo, Maarheeze,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Willemtje Westerman, Winschoten († 1989)
• N.N. Arends, Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1955)
• Adilson Farias de Andrade, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1990)
• Johanna Oosterbroek, Goes († 1995)
• Frits Klouwen, Apeldoorn († 2011)
• annigje van Ekeris, Utrecht

• Derk Willem Coops (77), Bennekom, Nederland
• Barton Stone Stone (75), Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Berends Van der Zwaag (82), Groningen
• Daisy Grace Pflug (76), Omaha (Douglas), Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Maarten Maria van der Willigen (62), Hilversum
• Bart Kooiman (58), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina van BAKEL (71), Weert
• Anna Kruijver (70), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Meeuwesen (73), Baarle-Nassau
• Bertus P. Greenfield (75)

• 1954 » Ain Lutsepp, Estonian actor and politician
• 1954 » Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
• 1954 » Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1954 » Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
• 1955 » John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1955 » Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
• 1955 » Tom Bergeron, American television host
• 1956 » Cindy Lovell, American educator and writer
• 1956 » Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
• 1956 » Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach

• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)

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.
• February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
• 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.
• July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

The temperature on May 6, 1955 was between 8.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.