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• Eduard Josephus van Amelsvoort, Arnhem
• Cornelius Johannes Heystek, Thabazimbi, district Rustenburg Transvaal, R.S.A. († 1952)
• H.M.L. Werner, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Frederikus Bernardus Böke, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Johannes Marinus Wijker, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Ghislaine Piccard, Sint-Truiden, België († 1972)
• André Ignatius Hommerson, Indonesië († 2004)
• Josephus Cornelius Antonius Bakx, Rijen (NB,NL) († 2011)
• Renske Schoorstra († 1998)
• Harm Koopman († 2003)

• Anna Hester Wilhelmina Teeuwen (75), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Elisabeth Agatha Anna Maria Pia PRINZ (73), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Jacobus Visser Bester (77), Paarl, WP, SA
• August Viaene (75), Aarsele,8700,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Alida Klasina van Dijk (58), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnolda Catharina van Eijl (28), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Aaldert Roelofs Boer (73), Emmen
• Otto (49), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnolda Catharina "Nol" van Eijl (28), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ardina Maria Petronella van Beek (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1949 » Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal
• 1949 » Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
• 1950 » Harriet Walter, English actress
• 1950 » John Kessel, American author, poet, and playwright
• 1950 » Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1951 » Douglas Kmiec, American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta
• 1952 » Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager
• 1952 » Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1999)
• 1953 » Peter Halley, American painter and educator
• 1954 » Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach

• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1950 » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
• 1962 » Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)

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 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
• July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
• September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
• November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• 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 September 24, 1952 was between 13.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.