About the day » Wednesday January 2, 1952Calender converter

• Alfons Denis, Heers, België († 1952)
• Catherine Jane Stinson († 1952)
• Paul van Akker, Franeker († 1971)
• Toine van Overbeek, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Piet van den Heuvel, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• David Luther Blackwell, Sheffield, AL († 1985)
• Gene Fischer, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2016)
• N.N. Zondag, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1952)
• Richard George Bish (Wierenga), Chicago, Illinois († 1995)
• Christine Coleman († 2016)

• Aafke Dijkhuis (59), Usquert, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Luijendijk (81), Kalamazoo (Michigan, VS)
• Antje DE WOLF (89), Enkhuizen
• Antonia Gommers (54), Tilburg Nederland
• Anna Christina Matthea Borgsteede (74), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Heijboer (89), Nieuwerkerk
• Adrianus Antonius Smolders (88), Son, Son en Breugel
• Amelia Ann (Mildred) Yeo (77), Randwick, Sydney, NSW, AU
• Anna Martina van Esch (63), Liempde
• Anna Elisabeth ZU STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE (64)

• 1944 » Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1947 » Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 » David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
• 1947 » Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
• 1949 » Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1949 » Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic († 2006)
• 1952 » Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1954 » Évelyne Trouillot, Haitian playwright and author
• 1954 » Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician
• 1959 » Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician

• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Gerrit
8. Robert
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Adrianus
14. John
15. Paul
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Margaretha
12. Mary
13. Marie
14. Aaltje
15. Geertruida
16. Linda

• 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 10.3 million citizens.
• February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
• February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

The temperature on January 2, 1952 was between 2.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.