About the day » Wednesday January 2, 1952Calender converter

• NN Zondag, Nijmegen († 1952)
• Stijntje Vendelbosch († 2006)
• Toine van Overbeek, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Trijntje Vermeulen, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Bertha (Betsie) de Graaf, Oldemarkt († 2013)
• Roswitha Heidemarie Dobronz, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany († 2020)
• Hendrik Vogelzang († 2013)
• David Luther Blackwell, Sheffield, AL († 1985)
• Gene Fischer, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2016)
• David W. Eastway, Michigan (State) († 1953)

• Adriaan Bolleman (76), Hoek
• Adrianus Hendricus Paulus van der Knaap (55), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Kievit (24)
• Adrianus Henricus Jozef van der Knaap (55)
• Albertien Jans Mulder (90), Leeuwarden
• Anna Martina van Esch (63), Liempde
• Anne de Stolberg-Wernigerode (64)
• Aneus Dirk Richters (81), Groningen
• Albert Paul Marie Adrien Storm de Grave (73), Warnsveld,Gemeente Zutphen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Marinus Rottier (55), Yerseke

• 1944 » Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1947 » Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 » David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
• 1947 » Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
• 1949 » Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1949 » Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic († 2006)
• 1952 » Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1954 » Évelyne Trouillot, Haitian playwright and author
• 1954 » Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician
• 1959 » Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician

• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)

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 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
• June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• 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.
• October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
• November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
• 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 January 2, 1952 was between 2.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.