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• Jean Pierre Jacobs, Turnhout († 1967)
• David Bylsma, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (USA) († 1952)
• Duane Brus, Carroll Co, Iowa († 2007)
• Tetje Jacoba Pool († 2000)
• Martin Reinier Wiggers, Pickering Ontario Canada († 2013)
• Krijntje van der Lippe, Leiden († 2005)
• Cornelia Engelberta Catharina van Haastert, Zoetermeer († 2005)
• kind Schuurmans, Stillborn, Oss, Nooord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Infant Lovelace, North Carolina († 1952)
• Krijntje v.der Lippe, Leiden († 2005)

• Barend den Houter (58), Den Haag
• Annie Rebecca Ma. Rinker (57), Amsterdam
• Bernard Theodoor Wilhelm Teger (94), Borculo, Nederland
• Barend van Petten (61), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Virginia (Nettie) Bowman (75), New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia
• Adriana Paans (83), Tilburg
• Abraham Cornelis Disselkoen (92), De Lier
• Adriana Paens (83), Tilburg
• Anna Theodora Tromp (71), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Sparks (68)

• 1949 » Tony Cragg, English sculptor
• 1952 » Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » Robert Clark, American author
• 1952 » Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress
• 1953 » Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1953 » Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting († 2017)
• 1954 » Dennis Quaid, American actor
• 1954 » Iain Duncan Smith, British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1954 » Ken Kalfus, American journalist and author

• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
• 1948 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
• 1953 » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)

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).
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
• September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

The temperature on April 9, 1952 was between 5.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.