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• Erwein Czernin de Chudenitz, Vienne (Wien), Vienne, Autriche († 2006)
• Godelieve 'Lieve' Loncke, Zwevegem († 2011)
• Phillip Gary HAMPTON, Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia († 1974)
• Terry Robinson († 2018)
• Wilhelmus Stephanus Henricus van Bemmel, Utrecht († 1955)
• Irena Laura Jozef De Jaeger, Eeklo († 2009)
• Jeannette Henriette Mastebroek, Slagharen († 1956)
• Jozef Isidoor Smeulders, Lummen, België († 1956)
• Klaas de Rijke, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2021)
• Frans Krone († 1982)

• Christina van Tilburg (89), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Antonia van Luijtgaarden (82), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Hasenoot (69), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert SPIN (48), Onna
• Cornelis Streefkerk (73)
• Antonia van de Luijtgaarden (82), Tilburg
• Cornelia van Steenbergen (67), Delft
• Dirk Hasenoot (69), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Schans (79), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia KITSZ (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1954 » Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany
• 1954 » Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu († 2015)
• 1954 » J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1955 » Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author
• 1955 » Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 1956 » Bryan Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » Julie Bishop, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1957 » Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter († 2015)
• 1957 » Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer

• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)

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. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
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.
• February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
• November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The temperature on July 17, 1955 was between 14.4 °C and 30.1 °C and averaged 22.9 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.