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• Margareta Gerarda Schenk, Lisse († 2021)
• Eugene Joseph Cornelis van Kempen, Tilburg († 1997)
• Paul Thomas Cook, Nashville, Tn († 2007)
• Hendrik Jan Ribberink, Diffelen († 2022)
• Hendrik Nicolaas Jongejan, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Theodorus van Velzen, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Harry Gerhardus Everloo, Almelo († 1974)
• Geertrudis Afra Maria Wijnker, Heerhugowaard († 2006)
• John David Ivor Spencer-Churchill Earl van Sunderland († 1955)
• Gerrit Oosterbroek, Muiden († 2014)

• Catharina Aleida Weimar (80), Arnhem, Gelderland (NL.)
• Catharina den Heijer (57), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hubrecht Michielsen (68), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Hiemstra (69), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Antje WAGTER
• Cornelia Cecilia Jongbloets (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Teunisd Stam (72), Den Helder
• Catharina de Greef (83), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje Hijlkema (68), Eindhoven
• Bregje Pietersdr Groot (60), Zaandam

• 1951 » Butch Davis, American football player and coach
• 1951 » Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot († 1987)
• 1951 » Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter and philanthropist
• 1951 » Stephen Root, American actor
• 1951 » Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician
• 1952 » Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, 7th Deputy President of South Africa
• 1952 » David Emanuel, Welsh fashion designer
• 1952 » Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer
• 1952 » Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
• 1953 » Babis Tennes, Greek footballer and manager

• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)

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.
• 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.
• April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
• July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
• 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.
• December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
• December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

The temperature on November 17, 1952 was between -3.5 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.