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• Karel van Steeb, Graz, Steiermark († 1961)
• Adriana van Iwaarden, Kruiningen († 1952)
• Wayne Eugene Kooiman, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Wiebechien Duursma († 2011)
• Wiebechien (Wiep) Duursma, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• J.C. van Oorschot († 2018)
• Johanna Ursula Gerarda Maria de Jong, Zaandam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1952)
• Joke de Jong, Koog aan de Zaan († 1952)
• Adri van der Walt, Pretoria, Zuid Afrika
• Aloijsia Clasina Maria Konings, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg

• Adrianus de Jong (68), Utrecht
• Adrianus Franciscus Christianus de Ruijter (65), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Akke Vlig (66), Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria van der Voort (60), 's-Monster
• Adriana van Amstel (68), Erp
• Alexandra van Oldenburg (87), Parijs
• Antonia Johanna Meulink (52), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina van Logten (57), Elshout
• Abraham Beek (74), Hoorn
• Abraham Beek (74), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1949 » David Cross, English violinist
• 1949 » John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• 1949 » Paul Collier, English economist and academic
• 1950 » Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
• 1950 » Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
• 1951 » Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
• 1952 » Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1953 » James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 1954 » Stephen Dalton, English air marshal

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

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 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• 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 April 23, 1952 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.