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Born on Sunday November 16, 1952
- Anna van Thienen-Adlerflycht, Salzburg, Oostenrijk († 2001)
- Stanley Gordon Hendren, Mission, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada († 1976)
- Jelle Baas, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
- David Nicholas Leep, Manhattan, Gallatin, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
- johannes van VERK, 's-gravendeel († 1953)
- Doodgeboren kind Hendriks, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
- Jentina Snippe († 2017)
- Gerhard Lohman, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
- N.N. van Zomeren, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
- Marian Johanna KOSTERS, Oisterwijk, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
Died on Sunday November 16, 1952
- Adriana Maria van Roijen (85), Havelte
- Aaltje van der Veen (48), Ommen
- Angelica Sophia CANTAERT (66), Zottegem,9620,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Achiel Camiel Arnout (75)
- Anna Cornelia Anthonissen (89), Loenhout
- Boyd Lancing Thompson [K] (34), San Antonio, Texas
- Anna-Elisa van den Hoogen (47), Nijmegen (Gld.), Gelderland, Nederland
- Adrianus van Veghel (69), Uden
- Christina Everdina Veldkamp (93), 's-Gravenhage
- Arie Binee (72), Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on November 16
- 1948 » Tihomir "Pop" Asanović, Croatian jazz-rock keyboardist and composer
- 1950 » Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
- 1951 » Andy Dalton, New Zealand rugby player
- 1952 » Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
- 1953 » Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
- 1954 » Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer
- 1954 » Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
- 1955 » Héctor Cúper, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
- 1955 » Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
- 1955 » Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Died on November 16
- 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
- 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
- 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
- 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
- 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
- 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
- 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
- 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
- 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
- 1971 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)
Names that were popular for boys in 1952
- Johannes
- Jan
- Maria
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Peter
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Robert
Names that were popular for girls in 1952
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Petronella
- Marie
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Margaretha
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Ann
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1952
- 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.
- August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
- September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
- October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
- 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.
- November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
- November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
The weather on Sunday November 16, 1952
The temperature on November 16, 1952 was between -0.7 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI