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• Jan Ebele van der Galiën, Kampen († 1966)
• Carolyn Dieterman († 2021)
• Johanna Maria (Mieke) Mul
• Gérald Dumont de Chassart, Louvain (Leuven), 24062, Belgique († 2010)
• David H Schoen, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• William Francis RUST IV, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Rhea Klug († 1966)
• Kathy Arlene FOLKENS († 1955)
• Catharinus Johannes van Tussenbroek († 2001)
• Aleida Johanna Maria - Lia Steenhuis, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)

• Ani Tamati (81), Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
• Albert Bernard Karl ENGELBRECHT (62), Helpmekaar, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Anna Maria TEEUWEN (63), Kinrooi, Limburg, België
• Antonius Nicolaas Johannes van 't Schip (0), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje IJff (79), Bussum
• Arend van Ruiven (82), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André Joseph Corneille Rémi VANHERSECKE (42), Esquelbecq... Hauts de France
• Antonia Dijkman (69), Apeldoorn
• Arend Bosscher (87), Midwolda, Nederland
• Angela Catterina Zambello (73), Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1946 » Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter.
• 1947 » Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968.
• 1947 » David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004.
• 1947 » Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street.
• 1948 » Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate.
• 1949 » Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter.
• 1954 » Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; twice a winner at the Tony Awards.
• 1954 » Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
• 1955 » Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons († 2015).
• 1956 » Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons.

• 1946 » Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer and author (b. 1910)
• 1955 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1961 » Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1934)
• 1962 » Yves Klein, French painter (b. 1928)
• 1963 » William Baziotes, American painter and academic (b. 1912)

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.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on June 6, 1955 was between 10.0 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.