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• Jan Jagersma, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Annemieke van Doorn, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Jacobus clemens maria (Jaap) (Joep) Steur, Edam Volendam († 2018)
• Leo Johannes Kleij, Breda († 1955)
• Monique van Hassel, Breda († 1966)
• Egbert Boertien, Hamburg, Duitsland († 2009)
• Cornelis Franciscus Polet, Den Helder († 2004)
• Hindrik Sportel, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1961)
• Jozef Teunissen († 2001)
• Jacqueline Henriette (Jacqueline) Floor, Apeldoorn († 2011)

• Antonius Franciscus Bouwmeester (77), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Arie Overhand (82), Rotterdam
• Bernard Saals (75), Wisch, GD, NL
• Armande Eva DEBOUT (67)
• Veldhuizen (79), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Sar (59), Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Theodorus Gerardus Westerholt (68), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Graafmans (67), Etten en Leur
• Arie Scheen (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Martinus ten Berge (47), Groningen

• 1950 » Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer († 2015)
• 1952 » Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter († 2009)
• 1952 » David Richards, Welsh entrepreneur and businessman
• 1954 » Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1954 » Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
• 1956 » Danny Wilde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• 1959 » Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author

• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)
• 1969 » George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894)

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. Marianne
13. Margaretha
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 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

The temperature on June 3, 1955 was between 6.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.