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• henricus wilhelmus johannes gisbertus (harrie) van lier, helden-dorp
• Claudia Christine Frieseman, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Petronella Jacoba van Eeken, Den Helder († 2008)
• Ineke Veerhuis († 2002)
• Elise Johanna Julia van POPPELEN, Roosendaal († 1965)
• Johanna Siep, Rotterdam
• Johannes Wilhelmus Jozef Maria Koning, Oosthuizen († 2004)
• Hildegard Diegelman, Situbonde,in, Indonesië († 2017)
• Catharina Elizabeth Maria Damhuis († 1996)
• Willemina (Willy) Donker, Kortezwaag († 1986)

• Aafje Bakker (71), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Wierikx (75), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Adriana de Vries (81), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• beitske tjerks grasman (84), abbega
• Bruno Ernest Eiffler (77), Kalgoorly, West Australia
• Anna Johanna Meeuwsen (74), Vlissingen
• Albert Hollander (70), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Henriette Clémentine de Pauw Gerlings (85), Prinsenbeek
• Anna Johanna Meeusen (74), Vlissingen (Vlissingen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Ammerdorffer (52), Waalwijk

• 1953 » Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic († 2015)
• 1953 » Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
• 1954 » Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
• 1954 » Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 » Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1956 » Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
• 1956 » Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
• 1957 » Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter

• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)

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.
• February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
• June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

The temperature on August 17, 1955 was between 13.1 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.