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• Alijda Theodora Maria Smit, Soest († 1952)
• Willem Jacobus vermeulen, Borssele, Zeeland, Nederland
• Evert Odink, Heemse († 2021)
• Antonija Cankar, Ljubljana, Slovenia († 1997)
• Frederick Orin Bennett, Towanda Brad, Pennsylvania († 1998)
• Eric Henri De Koster, Sint Niklaas († 1998)
• Sjoerd jellema, Arnhem († 2014)
• Sjoerd Siebes Jellema, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2014)
• Jan van Otterlo († 1959)
• NN Eisses, Haren († 1952)

• Bernardus Andreas Driessen (50), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Casper Dittmar (68), Zeist
• Cornelia Johanna van den Berg (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van den Dool (82), Utrecht
• Antonia Johanna Haverhals (71), Rotterdam
• Casper Dittmar (68), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus BECKS BEKS BEX (80), Parimaribo (SUR)
• Catharina WIERING (63), Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christian Baarman (79), Holland (Ottawa), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Verheij (71), 's-Gravenhage, Gemeente 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1948 » Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska
• 1948 » Lindsay Crouse, American actress
• 1948 » Richard Riehle, American actor
• 1949 » Ross Bleckner, American painter
• 1950 » Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
• 1950 » Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
• 1950 » Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician
• 1951 » George Karl, American basketball player and coach
• 1955 » Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician

• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)

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.
• April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
• June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
• 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.
• August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
• November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
• 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 May 12, 1952 was between 6.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.