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• Herman Wim Horjus, Purkendorf († 1954)
• Paulus Bernardus Maria Scholten, Denekamp († 1997)
• Albertus Aemilius Seyno ten Kate, Sevres, Hauts-de-Seine, Frankrijk
• Michael Ray Bontrager, Corcoran, Kings County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Cornelis Antonius GEHRELS, Lake Geneva,, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Gerda Ebeltjes, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1973)
• Petrus Canisius Wilhelmus Johannes Maria van Swelm, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2024)
• Suzanna Cevaal, Sint Laurens († 1979)
• Marie-Josephe Van Eeghem († 2000)
• Jan Jansen († 1969)

• Birgitta Josephina Deen (73), Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje van de Pol (63), Barneveld
• Aagje OUDEJANS (77), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Laurentius van den Dries (54), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Bernardus Tersteeg (75), Nijmegen
• Brigitta Jozephina Deen (73), Wervershoof
• anna-maria philomena DIRICKK (72), Paris 75009
• Albertje Kolk (67), Meppel
• Adrianus Josephus Hoppenbrouwers (64), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs Flobbe (76), Smilde

• 1950 » Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
• 1951 » Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1951 » Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
• 1951 » Keb' Mo', American blues musician and songwriter
• 1952 » Bruce Arians, American football coach
• 1952 » Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer
• 1954 » Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and political activist
• 1954 » Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 » Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1954 » Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1990)

• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)

• 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 14 » NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
• July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
• December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.

The temperature on October 3, 1952 was between 3.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.