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• Elaine Isobel KINGSTON, Tasmania, Australia († 2016)
• Piet van 't Velt, Hilversum
• Johannes Petrus (Peter) Nonneman († 1999)
• Pieter Eijgenraam, Delft († 1952)
• Alice Jean Vanden Berg, (Kent) Michigan († 1997)
• Levenloos Boerkoel, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Cheryl Renee Dykshoorn († 2010)
• Willem Rijsdijk, Zutphen († 1999)
• Wim KEMPER, Blesdijke (Friesland) (NL) († 1964)
• Alexander Casemier Quack, Johannesburg, Transvaal, R.S.A. († 2004)

• Aimé Louis PARENT (82), Haveluy,59292,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Alida Cornelia Dekker (67), Egmond-Binnen
• Alida Maria Molenaar (65)
• Alida Anthonia Wiegman (31), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Adriana (Toos) Weimar (59), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertha van der Meij (65), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camiel DE BEER (74), Heist,8301,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Aafke Bouwman (67), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonie Ulfman, Wierden
• Alida C. Dekker (67), Egmond-Binnen, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1951 » Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1951 » Pam Dawber, American actress and producer
• 1951 » Terry McMillan, American author and screenwriter
• 1952 » Allen Ripley, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1952 » Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese soldier and author
• 1952 » Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Jerry Royster, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1952 » Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer and photographer
• 1952 » Paul Geroski, American-English economist and academic († 2005)
• 1952 » Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach

• 1941 » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)

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.
• January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
• 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 October 18, 1952 was between -1.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.