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• Gijsbertha Hermina van den Brink († 1990)
• Maria van Velzen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Franky VANHOORNE, Roeselare († 2023)
• Albertha Wind, Onstwedde
• Perry Lee Raman, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2024)
• Lon James Todd ?****, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Jacob Piet Botter, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Johanna Hillegonda Wortel († 2024)
• Jan Meijer, Wierden († 1970)
• Michiel Martinus Tuinman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2009)

• Anna Hendrica Borgsteede (91), Breukelen, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus Berens (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Reinier Overvelde (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Hendrica Borgstede (91), Breukelen
• Anna Hendrika Borgstede (91), Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert PATOUX (61), Mechelen
• Albert Raynor MEAD (71), Amityville Suffolk County New York U.S.A
• Adriaantje Braaf (65), Soest
• Anna Hendrika Borgstede (91)
• Alberdina Petronella Tiebosch (73), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland

• 1953 » Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist
• 1953 » Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1954 » Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player and coach
• 1955 » Charles J. Precourt, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1956 » David Burroughs Mattingly, American illustrator and painter
• 1956 » Nick Fry, English economist and businessman
• 1956 » Pedro Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
• 1956 » Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1956 » Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager († 2012)

• 1941 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Paul Troje, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)
• 1955 » Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (b. 1883)
• 1964 » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1967 » Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)

• 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 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
• April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
• October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.

The temperature on June 29, 1955 was between 12.8 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.