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• Rien van den Aker, Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Lukas Hoiting, Vredenheim, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Engelina Ivonne Veer († 2015)
• Alton Wayne Hannah, Pitt Co. N.Carolina († 1979)
• Jan Willem Veensma, Nijland, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Elisabeth Petronella Henneman, Alkmaar († 1952)
• Jan Loerakker, Boxtel († 1999)
• Aaltje Horjus, Cornwerd, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Christophe Daniel STEVENSON, Dublin,Dublin City,Leinster,IRELAND († 1960)
• Teresa Maria Sęczkowska, Gdansk Polen († 2006)

• Andries van Leeuwen (glasblazer) (84), Schiedam, Holland (South), Netherlands
• Albert Alberts (91), Assen
• Christiaan Johannes Sunnotel (79), Amsterdam
• Idjah (62), Soerabaja (Java)
• Adriana van Iwaarden (0), Goes
• Catharina Arendina Bakker (56), Den-Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph Noppert (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas Goottlieb Wächter (90), Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Annetje Cornelia Hogendoorn (66), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ben van den Berge (22), Maarn

• 1948 » Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
• 1949 » Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru († 2019)
• 1949 » Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
• 1950 » Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland († 2017)
• 1951 » Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
• 1951 » Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1952 » Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
• 1954 » Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer, striker
• 1954 » Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor
• 1955 » Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)

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 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
• 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.
• July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
• September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.

The temperature on May 23, 1952 was between 4.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.