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• OG Vooijs, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Allen Dale Smeins, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2023)
• Richard Joseph Klein, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Joke MAGNIN, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2014)
• Jaap Dirksen († 1987)
• Janny van den Pol, Putten († 1952)
• Lodewijk de Vries († 1953)
• Adriaan Jacob Michielen († 1992)
• Adrianus Anna Maria Derks, Montfoort († 1974)
• Astrid Yolande Van Wijk, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1956)

• Benne Meer (69), Hoogeveen, Het Hollandscheveld
• Alvin LeRoy Ford (68), SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Aukje Minderts Veenstra (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham van den Nagel (82), Harderwijk
• Benne VAN DER MEER (69), Hoogeveen
• Aukjen Veenstra (73), Groningen
• Anna Maria van der Werff (68)
• "Louis" Anne Marie de Becdelièvre (75), Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
• Augusta Elizabeth Howell (68)
• Benne van der Meer (69), Hoogeveen

• 1949 » Veronica Cartwright, English-American actress
• 1950 » Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician († 2002)
• 1950 » N. Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• 1950 » Steve Erickson, American author and critic
• 1951 » Louise Jameson, English actress
• 1951 » Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1952 » Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball player and coach
• 1952 » Eric Pickles, English politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1952 » Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician
• 1953 » Sebastian Faulks, English journalist and author

• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1945 » Erwin Bumke, Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)
• 1946 » Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1968 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)

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.
• February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
• February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
• March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
• April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• 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.
• December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

The temperature on April 20, 1952 was between 6.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.