About the day » Sunday March 2, 1952Calender converter

• Mirjam Pauline Rake, Hengelo († 2015)
• Colleen Kathrynn Neiman, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana († 1999)
• Josef Hermanus van Landeghem, Overasselt († 2005)
• Janneke van der Ven († 2004)
• Johannes Paulus Verheij, amsterdam, Nederland († 1958)
• Franciscus Philippus (Frank) Resink, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2019)
• Kornelis de Vries, Oskaloosa-Iowa (USA)
• Klaas Jan Gerrit Bootsman, Noordbroek († 2003)
• Cornelis de Boer, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Wilhelmus Theodorus Johannes Augustinus, Leiden († 2010)

• Albertine Rodet (41), Luant, 36101, France
• Aaltje Jans Oedzes (92), Kollum
• Bertha Lydia Gaiser (49)
• Albert Hugh Stow (42), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
• Berend Sweers Gruis (88), Beschotenweg, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Christina Cornelia van de Werken (65), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartel Volmer (88), Vrouwenpolder, Nederland
• Clarissa Jane Smyers (83)
• Christiaan de Jong (70), Haastrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Bastiaan Bakker (50), Rotterdam

• 1948 » Larry Carlton, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1950 » Karen Carpenter, American singer († 1983)
• 1952 » Laraine Newman, American actress and comedian
• 1952 » Mark Evanier, American author and screenwriter
• 1953 » Russ Feingold, American lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Ed Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 » Dale Bozzio, American pop-rock singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Jay Osmond, American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer
• 1955 » Ken Salazar, American lawyer and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1955 » Steve Small, Australian cricketer

• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
• 1953 » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)

• 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.
• June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
• June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
• June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
• August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
• October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
• November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

The temperature on March 2, 1952 was between 3.3 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.