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• Carla Adri Leeflang, Rotterdam-Overschie († 1985)
• Joseph Johannes Michael Zwartjes, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Marga Chorus, Heerlen,6400,Limburg,Nederland
• Elisabeth Maria Post, Pijnacker
• Lois Kay HINCKLEY, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2018)
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Werf, Noordwijkerhout († 1960)
• Annie Helene Denturck, Roeselare († 1996)
• Robert (Bob) Naessens († 1994)
• Wilhelmus Martinus Cornelis Jozef Kocken, Enschede († 2015)
• Berbera van de Wege, Terneuzen Nederland († 2018)

• Claudius Gerardus Johannes Wolters (81)
• Auke Hendrikus van Dort (76), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Cornelis Jansen (48), Zeist (Utrecht)
• Anthonia Wilhelmina Sabel (22), Druten
• Annigje den Haring (68), Epe
• Berdina Gerarda van Aarsen (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• David Mouw (0), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Annie Dirks (63)
• Antonetta van Broekhoven (73), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Clara Grouls (65), Kerkrade, LI, Netherlands

• 1948 » Henry Small, American-born Canadian singer
• 1948 » Hermione Lee, English author, critic, and academic
• 1948 » Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer
• 1948 » Patricia A. McKillip, American author
• 1952 » Bart Stupak, American police officer and politician
• 1952 » Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
• 1952 » Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, American journalist and producer
• 1952 » Tim Powers, American author and educator
• 1956 » Bob Speller, Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture
• 1956 » Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host

• 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Lena Blackburne, American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1886)
• 1972 » Tom Davies, American football player and coach (b. 1896)

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 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
• April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
• May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
• July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
• July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.

The temperature on February 29, 1952 was between 1.5 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.