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• Theodorus Johannes Maria van de Heuvel, Vleuten-De Meern († 1955)
• Jan Schoorl, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Cornelia Marijke Jacobsd Buis, EaZ († 1956)
• Hannie Klein Legtenberg, Goor, Overijssel, Nederland († 2023)
• Bradley M JENSEN († 1999)
• Christina Heun, Vlagtwedde († 2010)
• Miny KLEIN († 1991)
• Theodorus Johannes Maria van den Heuvel, Vleuten-De Meern († 1955)
• Hendrina Janna Guequierre, Terneuzen,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1999)
• Johannes de Keizer, Zaandam († 2007)

• Adriaan Minderhoud (72), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Albert M Todd (92), Wasatch, Utah, United States
• Barend Brussel (85), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Thomas de Looff (73), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arentje Albertsz Wink (69), Deventer, ov.nld
• Arnoldus van de Geer (82), Wamel, Nederland
• Antoon Berends (84), Slegge gem. Vlagtwedde
• Antonius van Kol (76), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alois Bock (51), Eindhoven
• Abraham (Bram) Wichhart (63), Velp, Gemeente Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1954 » Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Joanna Haigh, English meteorologist and physicist
• 1954 » Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
• 1955 » Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and songwriter
• 1955 » Ben Poquette, American basketball player
• 1955 » Clément Gignac, Canadian politician
• 1956 » Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
• 1956 » Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1956 » Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician
• 1956 » Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer

• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)

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.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

The temperature on May 7, 1955 was between 4.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.