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• Doodgeboren kind Voogd, Loon op Zand († 1955)
• Maria Magdalena Floré, Torhout (België) († 1998)
• Francina Cornelia Maria Voogd, Loon op Zand († 1955)
• Gina Renee Jonker, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1964)
• Hendrik Anton van Bockel, Amsterdam
• Reinhard Herzog, Wernigerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt) († 2010)
• Gerald (Gary) Lee Cler, Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Bronwyn Ann BANFIELD, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 1999)
• Geertruida Wilhelmina Petronella Gerarda Maassen, Oss († 1955)
• Rebecca D Broadway, Pensacola, Escambia Co., Florida

• Beitske Doedes Bruinsma (67), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertje Hovinga (61), Leeuwarden
• Beitske Doedes Bruinsma (67), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Hendriks Visser (82), Winsum
• Catharina Johanna OORTHUIJZEN (75), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beitske Bruinsma (67)
• Aldert Bos (74), Haren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Visser (82), Winsum
• Cijrillus Camilus van Haelst (62), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nl
• Catharina Johanna Oorthuijzen (75), Bloemendaal, Nederland

• 1952 » Alain Giresse, French footballer and manager
• 1953 » Anthony Seldon, English historian and author
• 1953 » Butch Patrick, American actor
• 1953 » Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist
• 1954 » Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1955 » Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and record producer
• 1955 » Caleb Carr, American historian and author
• 1955 » Tony Godden, English footballer and manager
• 1956 » Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
• 1957 » Jacky Rosen, United States senator

• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)

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.
• 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 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

The temperature on August 2, 1955 was between 13.1 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.