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• Theodora Catharina Cornelia Maria Heesakkers, Erp, Nederland († 2005)
• Cornelia Francina Baak († 1999)
• Juan Manuel Arismendez, Fort Bend, Texas († 1977)
• Nicolaas Johannes van der Molen, Arnhem († 1960)
• Marietje van Coesant, enter
• Sandker, Hoogland, Amersfoort († 1952)
• N.N. Sandker, Hoogland († 1952)
• Willem Blok, Nederland († 2017)
• Kenneth Nederveld († 2011)
• Bernardus Maria Kaandorp, Heiloo († 2008)

• Arend Aling (75), Bunne, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Christiaan Arnoldus Christian Lotz (50), Kerkrade
• Antonia Cornelia Rodink (76), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Fontein Fz. (72), Hilversum
• Blanca Estela Sandoval Alba (1), Iztacalco, Distrito Federal, México
• Arnoldus Christiaan Lotz (50), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Annie Kizziah Bowcut (82), Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, United States of America
• Anna Hendrika Leloux (81), vledder
• Adrianus Hommerson (88), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Adrianus Hommerson, Rotterdam

• 1948 » Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1949 » Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• 1950 » Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
• 1950 » Rex Caldwell, American golfer
• 1951 » Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
• 1951 » Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1952 » Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco († 2017)
• 1952 » Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
• 1952 » Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician († 2014)
• 1955 » Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer

• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)

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. Dirk
16. Paul

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. Aaltje
14. Marie
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.
• March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
• April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
• December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.

The temperature on May 5, 1952 was between 8.9 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.