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• Georges Carlisle Croisier, Mexico City, Mexico († 2012)
• Xenia Hendrika Conchita Luikinga, Baarn († 2003)
• Frits van den Berg, Westerbork († 2014)
• Michel Odon Georges FINET, Hamme-Mille, 1320, Brabant-Wallon, BELGIQUE († 1974)
• Willem Evert Kleinhout, Bodegraven († 1999)
• Laura van der Touw, Schiedam († 2013)
• Margaret van der Meij, New Westmstr BC († 1956)
• Hans Hammel, Rothenburg ob der Tauber († 2016)
• William James VAN ECK, Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Michigan U.S.A († 1998)
• Willem Evert Kleinhout, Bodegraven († 1999)

• Christiaan Johannes Wilhelmus Raven (1), Hilversum
• Carla Church (0), Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonia Kuijer (83), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Antonius Arnoldus van Hoek (74), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Maria Helena Brouwers (0), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bessie Reese (58)
• Alphonsus Roels (72), Amsterdam
• Anna Theodora van Abswoude (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Olphen (35), Steenwijk
• Anna Maria Wissink (70), Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1949 » David Strathairn, American actor
• 1949 » Jonathan Carroll, American author
• 1950 » Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia († 2008)
• 1951 » Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2010)
• 1951 » Anne Mills, English economist and academic
• 1951 » David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1953 » Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
• 1953 » Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1953 » Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer

• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)

• 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 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
• June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
• August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• 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 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
• 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 26, 1952 was between -2.2 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.