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• Catharina Helena Manders
• Grietje Snip, Tolbert, Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1970)
• Steven Robert Visscher
• Hendrikus Cornelis Evert Voituron, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Levenloos Geboren Kindje van Heek, Deventer († 1955)
• Bea Ruiter, Ermelo († 2002)
• Mark Steven Martin († 1969)
• Beerdje Ruiter, Ermelo († 2002)
• Linda LaRue DE HAAN († 1955)
• N.N. van Beek, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland

• Amelia Dormaels (89), Wilsele
• anna maria de Kok (70), wouw
• Adrianus Josephus Antonius Maria van Hees (0), Tilburg
• Bertha Bracquez (41), Roeselare, België
• Arjen Pieters Witteveen (90), Leeuwarden
• Arijana Baks (64), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antoon Johan BAARTWIJK (86)
• Anna Wilhelmina de Zoete (84), Fitzroy(VIC, Australië)
• Cornelis van Schouwen (82), Rotterdam
• Anthonie Wassenaar (25)

• 1954 » Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer († 2005)
• 1954 » David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer († 1992)
• 1955 » Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician
• 1955 » Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist
• 1955 » Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer
• 1955 » William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer
• 1956 » Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
• 1956 » Nathalie Roussel, French actress
• 1956 » Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1956 » Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager († 2018)

• 1951 » Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1952 » John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1960 » M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)

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.
• 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.
• April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• 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.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.

The temperature on September 14, 1955 was between 8.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.