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• Johannes Christinus Cornelis Maria van Broekhoven, Vught († 1964)
• Anneke Janke Tiemens, Arnhem († 1953)
• Theodorus Albertus Niesink, Apeldoorn († 1974)
• Dennis Kallemeyn († 1995)
• Johannes Henricus Antonius Zeebregts, Goirle
• Léon SPILLEBEEN († 2003)
• Dave van Veldhuizen
• Nico Oudenhoven, Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland († 1979)
• Wiecher de Kwaadsteniet, Arnhem († 2018)
• Zwijnenburg, Rotterdam († 1952)

• Zwijnenburg (0), Rotterdam
• Charlotte Henriëtte Wijngaarden (93)
• Agatha Geertruida Abresch (73), Groningen
• Albert Ernst KUHNKE (70), Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Arend Hidding (59), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Verhaegen (55), Heythuysen
• Adriana van Beers (86), Tilburg
• Arie Gijsbert DONKER (75), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Gijsbert Donker (75), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Kapteijns (53), Eindhoven

• 1950 » Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager
• 1951 » Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic († 2004)
• 1951 » Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 » Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician († 2014)
• 1951 » Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1951 » Queen Noor of Jordan
• 1952 » Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 » Santillana, Spanish footballer
• 1953 » Bobby G, English singer-songwriter
• 1954 » Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter

• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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.
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
• August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

The temperature on August 23, 1952 was between 8.2 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.