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• Daniel Clark Boismeir, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Steven J Buwalda, Waupun, Wisconsin 53963, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Johannes Karel Emile Waterschoot, Eindhoven († 1952)
• Mathias Johannes Smeets, Weert, Nederland († 1959)
• Steven J. Buwalda († 2011)
• Andries Buter, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2008)
• Geurt Leendert VAN HOLLAND, Bennekom († 2006)
• Johannes Karel Emile Waterschoot, Eindhoven († 1952)
• Robert Charles van Ort, Albany, New York († 1991)
• Alida Kooiman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Antonetta Josephina Cornelia Spoorenberg (68), Venlo
• Anna Maria Helena Duijkers (60), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Bernardus (ook Bernard) van 't Velt (65), Hilversum
• Bart Botschuijver (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia Zebregs (88), Arnhem
• Anna Maria van Uden (65), Nijmegen, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Adriana Voogd (77), Vlijmen
• Albert Kaman (68), Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• - den Haas (0), Leiden
• Adriana de Vos (53), Breda, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1948 » Barbara Flynn, English actress
• 1948 » Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager
• 1950 » Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician († 2013)
• 1950 » Mahendra Karma, Indian lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1951 » Samantha Sang, Australian pop singer
• 1952 » John Jarratt, Australian actor and producer
• 1952 » Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager
• 1952 » Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player
• 1953 » Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach († 2005)
• 1955 » Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)

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.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
• July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
• July 21 » The 7.3 M_w  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
• August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

The temperature on August 5, 1952 was between 12.2 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.