About the day » Tuesday January 1, 1952Calender converter

• Ineke Hollenbeek Brouwer, Assen († 2020)
• John Alan VanEck, Detroit, Michigan († 1956)
• David Spanjer († 2008)
• Allan Ray Harms, Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa († 2007)
• Hubertina Maria DEGUELLE, Wittem, Limburg, Nederland († 1952)
• Mary Baugher († 1994)
• Francisco Michels, São João do Capivari, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1952)
• William Frederick MAIER Jr, Ohio, United States († 2007)
• Jacob Jan Vermeer, Renswoude († 1997)
• No Name Schutte, Zwolle, Ov, The Netherlands († 1952)

• Amanda Ella Canter Donoho <iKiFgTNBu>1 (67), Smith County, Tennessee ql
• Albertus Wilhelmus van der Kint (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Maria VAN DER ENG (68), Krommenie
• Albertus Bunskoeke (82), Gramsbergen
• (80), Berlicum, Nederland
• Agatha Johanna Horeweg (85), Delft
• Andreas Heeren Stomberg (43), Leer, Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
• alphonsus piedfort (84), beerse
• Alestine Rudolphine van Ligten (70), Heemstede,Gemeente Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert GÅ ??????NedGÅ ??????à????????????? Eaton ASHBURY (89), Belmont, Western Australia, Australia

• 1948 » Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1948 » Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician († 2018)
• 1949 » Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat
• 1952 » Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
• 1953 » Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• 1954 » Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic († 2012)
• 1954 » Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1955 » LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 » Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter

• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)

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.
• February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
• April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
• September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
• September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
• November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

The temperature on January 1, 1952 was between 0.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.