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• Darlene Gail (Dolly) Polinder, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Donald Brian Doornbos, Oak Park (Cook, Illinois, USA) († 2008)
• Wilhelmina Christina Rijntjes, Velsen Noord († 2001)
• Gerrit van Eijk, Rotterdam († 2016)
• martina gerarda maria (marthe) peeters, helden-egchel
• Helena Maria Feskens, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Trijntje (Trijnie) Baas, Emmen
• Virginia T. Heddings, Dornsife, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 2008)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Catharina van Kuijk, Gilze en Rijen († 1952)
• Johannes Bernardus Lambers, Klazienaveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)

• Arnoldina van der Broek (78), Weert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alma M Hegenbarth (66), Speers Memorial Hospital, Dayton, Campbell, Kentucky
• Arend van Noortwijk (70), Schiedam
• Bernardus Martinus van de Klundert (51), Eindhoven
• Aaltje Bakker (82), Texel
• Christina Sutherland McDonald (82), Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
• Bernardus Koolwaaij (88), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarnout Klap (74), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Holzhauer (81), Rotterdam
• Antonia Maria Jonkers (59), Utrecht

• 1949 » Paul Rodgers, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1949 » Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
• 1950 » Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author
• 1950 » Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach
• 1951 » Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1951 » Pat Hill, American football player and coach
• 1951 » Tatyana Kazankina, Russian runner
• 1953 » Bill Pullman, American actor
• 1954 » Sergėjus Jovaiša, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1955 » Brad Davis, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
• 1947 » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)

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.
• February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
• July 21 » The 7.3 M_w  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
• November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
• November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

The temperature on December 17, 1952 was between 0.3 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.