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• Leendert van Enkhuizen, Babbeloniënbroek Zuid-Holland Nederland († 2023)
• Janneke Maria Cecilia Naninck, Beek († 2010)
• Peter van der Zaan, Woerden († 1952)
• Levenloos kind Beverdam, Almelo († 1952)
• Janny Fransina Magda Barelds, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Karin Betty Elfrieda Sanmann, Hamburg, Germany († 2010)
• Hilda van Tichelt, Stabroek († 1952)
• Kenneth Bruce Keel, Ferriday Con, Louisiana († 1995)
• Johannes Maria Josef Farjon, Zwanenburg
• Karen Lee {Baker} Given, Minneapolis, Minnesota († 1999)

• van Welie (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Benjamin R Reed (91), Kanawha City, Kanawha, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Annechien Visser (79), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Bouwerse (55), Sint-Annaland Gem.Tholen Zeeland Nederland
• "Georg" Maria Rainer Joseph Peter Hubert Gottfried Eustach Rupert Ignaz von Habsburg-Toskana (46), Altshausen, Allemagne
• Adriana Geertruida Hondijk (56), Nijmegen
• Augustinus Adrianus Geens (90), Herentals, Antwerpen, België
• Aaltje Vochteloo (42), ,, Sneek, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Berend Bessembinders (0), Winschoten Oldambt Groningen Nederland
• Andries Pieters (36)

• 1949 » Alvin Kallicharran, Guyanese cricketer and coach
• 1949 » Andy Love, Scottish-English politician
• 1950 » Roger Hodgson, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1950 » Ron Oden, American minister and politician, 19th Mayor of Palm Springs
• 1950 » Sergey Lavrov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1951 » Conrad Lozano, American bass player
• 1951 » Russell Thompkins Jr., American soul singer
• 1953 » David Wisniewski, English-American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1953 » Paul Martin Lester, American photographer, author, and educator
• 1953 » Steve Furber, English computer scientist and academic

• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
• 1951 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Hatı Çırpan, Turkish politician (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)

• 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 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
• April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
• 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.
• October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.

The temperature on March 21, 1952 was between 4.2 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.