About the day » Thursday January 31, 1952Calender converter

• Christiane De Kerf, Bazel († 2018)
• van de Veerdonk, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1969)
• Jan Willem Spier, Rotterdam (NL) († 2003)
• Hermanna Wilhelmina Geels, Enter
• Struiksma, Wanswerd aan de Streek († 1952)
• Jan Timmermans, Bellevue Alberta Canada († 1963)
• Carla Nel Cornelia Fenijn, Gorinchem, Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Verena de Stülpnagel, Sigmaringen, 08437, Allemagne († 1985)
• Boyd E. Talbot, Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, United States of America († 1952)
• Evers († 1952)

• Boyd E. Talbot (0), Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, United States of America
• Anna Helena Heller- (89), Tweede Valthermond, Nederland
• Anna Helena Heller (89), Odoorn, DRE, Nederland
• Arie KOSSEN (78), Barsingerhorn
• Adrianus van der WEIDEN (67), Dordrecht
• Albert Jan Veltman (88), Hardenberg
• Anna Helena HELLER (89), Odoorn
• Agatha van der Erve (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Bouchien Bouius (0), Grootegast
• Aletta Jacoba de Graaff (75), Rotterdam

• 1949 » Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and journalist
• 1949 » Ken Wilber, American sociologist, philosopher, and author
• 1949 » Norris Church Mailer, American model and educator († 2010)
• 1950 » Alexander Korzhakov, Russian general and bodyguard
• 1950 » Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Janice Rebibo, American-Israeli author and poet († 2015)
• 1951 » Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1954 » Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist and songwriter
• 1954 » Faoud Bacchus, Guyanese cricketer
• 1955 » Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis player and manager

• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)

• 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 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• 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.
• November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.

The temperature on January 31, 1952 was between -0.2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 16.3 mm of rain during 11.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.