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• Johannes Wilhelmus Christophorus Stumpel, Noordwijk († 2012)
• Johannes Bernardus Heijne († 2001)
• Aafke Elizabeth Kroon, Groningen († 2052)
• Catharina Rotmensen, Leiderdorp, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Nederstigt, Haarlem († 2003)
• Frederica Wilhelmina Bennik, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Rita Van Moer, Blaasveld († 1976)
• Veerle Carette, Turnhout († 2013)
• Adrianus Johannes Jozef Maria van Kuijk, Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Maria Peetoom, Amsterdam († 1953)

• Aaltje Oostrom (79), Nieuw-Ginneken, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Groote (0), Hoogeveen nederland
• Kuijk, Breda
• Adriaan Jacob Oskam (32), Maartensdijk
• Adriaan Jacob Oskam (32)
• Catharina Elisabeth Bruins (72), Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Bruins (72), Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Hendriks Oosterhuis (70), Havelte
• Catharina Dewinter (83), Tongerlo
• Alice Marie Louise Francine LETOURMY (68), Jouarre,77640, Frankrijk

• 1950 » Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman († 2012)
• 1951 » Ángel de Andrés López, Spanish actor († 2016)
• 1951 » Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1951 » David Wills, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
• 1952 » Ken Tipton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (Gong) († 2005)
• 1953 » Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician and economist
• 1953 » Taner Akçam, Turkish sociologist and historian
• 1954 » Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)

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. Paul
16. Dirk

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.
• April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• 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 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
• September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
• 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.

The temperature on October 23, 1952 was between 5.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.