About the day » Tuesday August 5, 1952Calender converter

• - den Haas, Leiden († 1952)
• Alida Kooiman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Thomas Steven Phelps, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• N.N, Janssen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Cornelis Kromhout, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Josephine Maria ter Horst, Rotterdam, 3000, Nederland († 1952)
• Lukje (Kina) Oost († 2014)
• Daniel Clark Boismeir, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Shawn M Leisner († 2012)
• Johannes Karel Emile Waterschoot, Eindhoven († 1952)

• Anna Maria van Uden (65), Nijmegen
• Antje Siksma (60), Leeuwarden
• Antoon Mellema (74), Arnhem
• Anna Maria Helena Duijkers (60), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Bernardus Reinirus Gosselink (63), Steenderen
• Adriana de Vos (53), Breda
• Alphonsus Josephus Brekelmans (58), Eindhoven
• Adriaan Sturm (68), Oost-Souburg, 4388, Nederland
• Alphonsus Josephus BREKELMANS (58), Eindhoven
• Adriana Voogd (77), Vlijmen

• 1948 » Barbara Flynn, English actress
• 1948 » Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager
• 1950 » Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician († 2013)
• 1950 » Mahendra Karma, Indian lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1951 » Samantha Sang, Australian pop singer
• 1952 » John Jarratt, Australian actor and producer
• 1952 » Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager
• 1952 » Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player
• 1953 » Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach († 2005)
• 1955 » Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (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. 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
• November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
• December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

The temperature on August 5, 1952 was between 12.2 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.