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• Geesje Holwerda, Anjum († 1955)
• Hans Alders, Voorburg († 2011)
• Cornelis VAN STARKENBURG, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada († 1962)
• Cornelis "Kees" van Beelen († 2021)
• Cornelis Van Starkenburg, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada († 1962)
• Gerardus Henderikus Mensen († 2020)
• Carolyn Lena Elizabeth Webb, Cleethapes, Sullfolk, UK († 2007)
• Anna Maaike ROOS, Strijensas († 2010)
• Cornelis (Keessie) van Starkenburg, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada († 1962)
• N.N. Lubben, Emmen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)

• Arendje Catharina van der Mije (28), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Ordelman (56), Hengelo(G)
• Antonius Laan (74), Hilversum
• Bernardus SCHUT (22), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• (81), Vreeswijk
• Brant de Graaf (67), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Anthonis Van Kessel (88), Volkel, Nbr.NL
• Antje Bakker (49), Groningen
• Arnoldus Valkenburg (81), Vreeswijk
• Alice Honorine Mathilde Ghislaine Van Mullem (75), Maldegem

• 1949 » Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1951 » Alley Mills, American actress
• 1953 » Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
• 1955 » Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
• 1955 » Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia († 2012)
• 1956 » Jana Wendt, Australian television host
• 1956 » Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1958 » Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
• 1959 » Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer
• 1960 » Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach († 2014)

• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)

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.
• January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

The temperature on May 9, 1955 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.