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• Maarten Jongepier, Oosterbeek († 2000)
• Ineke Arends († 1997)
• Pieter Maas, 's Hertogenbosch († 1980)
• Roelof Hilbrant Willems, Groningen († 2022)
• Dagmar Johanna Wilhelmina Alma Veenendaal, Hoensbroek († 2011)
• Huibert Stehouwer, Papendrecht († 1954)
• Fransiscus Cornelis Jacobus Jozef van der Ark, Den Haag
• Huibert Stehouwer, Papendrecht († 1954)
• Gerrit Jan Mijnheer, Avereest († 2023)
• Catherina Maria (Ineke) Chapel († 2011)

• Adolf De Bisschop (51), Aalst
• Alida Maria Letanche (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Anthonius Vlooswijk (75), Oudewater
• Aaltje Dina Krejenzang (50), Rijssen
• Bastiaan Biesheuvel (92), Zuid Beijerland
• Frans van der Starre (84), Bunnik
• Daniel Aart Appelo (0), Rotterdam
• Catarina van Koot (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Franciscus Antonius KAPTEIJNS (82), Sint Michielsgestel
• Anna Derix (64)

• 1950 » Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1951 » Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1951 » Lynda Carter, American actress
• 1952 » Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Ian Cairns, Australian surfer
• 1953 » Claire McCaskill, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 » James Newcome, English bishop
• 1953 » Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, composer, and conductor
• 1953 » Julian Brazier, English captain and politician
• 1953 » Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist

• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)

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 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• April 9 » Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
• April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

The temperature on July 24, 1952 was between 9.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.