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• Betty Jean "Sis" Thompson, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States of America († 2013)
• Cornelis Allert Kikkert, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland († 2002)
• Micheal John DEVELDER († 1994)
• Christian Vandenbuscche, Moeskroen († 1994)
• Dominique Emile Jean Foucault († 1972)
• Raymond Joseph Stuck († 1958)
• Derek Robert LINTON († 1952)
• maria petronella monica (mariet) janssen, helden-koningslust
• Sabine Kabergs, Sint-Truiden, België († 2019)
• Sicco Henk Baas

• Arthur Ernest Howard-Hampden (87)
• Anna Petronella Verkiel (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Martina RASKER (71), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Berendina Koenderink (80), Haaksbergen
• - van der Beek (0), Delft
• Aantje Wierks (71), Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Leemreis (51), Zevenaar
• Anna Maria Catharina Vrijsen (84), Genk, Limburg, België
• Agatha Joosten (75), Veendam
• Bernardus Johannes Leemreis (51), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1951 » Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player († 2014)
• 1951 » Ian Hargreaves, English-Welsh journalist and academic
• 1951 » Miriam Flynn, American actress and comedian
• 1951 » Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician
• 1951 » Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist and academic
• 1952 » Carol Kane, American actress
• 1952 » Denis Herron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 » Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
• 1952 » Tiiu Aro, Estonian physician and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)

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.
• March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 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.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
• September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
• November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.

The temperature on June 18, 1952 was between 9.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.