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• Franciscus Marinus Luijsterburg, Heerle,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• NN De Jongh, Arnhem († 1952)
• Klaas Halbersma († 1968)
• Herbert (Bert) Klijmij, Zaltbommel, Nederland († 2015)
• Eddy Albertus Brijer, Den Helder, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Dagmar Mager († 2013)
• Larry Dale Dykstra, Holland († 1972)
• Dineke Vowinkel, Zwolle († 2022)
• Lily Judith Marie Westdijk, Goes († 2020)
• Rudi Thomaes, Antwerpen, Antw., B († 2018)

• Agatha Johanna Elisabeth Notten (79), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Petronella Johanna Schoenmakers (0), Linden
• Aagje Schilder (81), Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eduard Victor Antoine de Munck (67), Gulpen
• Aagje van 't Jagertje SCHILDER (81), Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ANNA SCHIRGE (41)
• Albert Andrew Wolf (74), Los Angeles Co., California
• Behrend Berserik (0), Voorburg
• Charles William Davis (78), Alameda County, California, United States of America
• Benjamin Klaassen (82), Hoek,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands

• 1950 » Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model
• 1951 » Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
• 1951 » Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
• 1951 » Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator
• 1952 » Bernadette Porter, English nun and educator
• 1952 » Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• 1952 » Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1952 » Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer
• 1953 » Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director
• 1954 » Archie Griffin, American football player

• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)

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.
• 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).
• May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
• May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
• June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
• October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
• November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.

The temperature on August 21, 1952 was between 11.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.