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• Luc Peeters, Sint-Truiden, België († 2004)
• Geertruida Johanna Schimmel († 1955)
• Maria Anna Jozefa (Marianne) Liket, Baarle Nassau, NB, Nederland († 2012)
• ERLO Emil MARTIN, Piet Retief, Transvaal, South Africa († 1995)
• * Bart Baegen, Dordrecht († 1984)
• N.N. Kapteijns, Oirschot
• Gretha Elsje Bakker, De Waal (Texel, NH) († 1969)
• Cornelis van Tilburg, Den Helder († 2016)
• Anne-Maria Carola Henrica Borghys, Bornem († 2020)
• Jeri Lee Jackson, San Bernardino County, California († 1995)

• Cornelis Fokkenrood (78), Utrecht
• Anthonius Pankras (52), Harenkarspel
• Alexandra Rose Alice TOWNELEY-BERTIE (65)
• Bettje Delger (82), Finsterwolde
• Albertus Gerbens Piekema (86), Witmarsum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustus Haers (75), Philippine, Nederland
• Adriana Pouwer (81), Eierland (Texel, NH)
• Carel Johannes Chabot (54), Portugaal
• Dirkje Struik (74)
• Alain Baudry (0), Vesoul, 70000, Haute Saone, FRANCE

• 1950 » Shivaji Satam, Indian actor
• 1951 » Bob Varsha, American sportscaster
• 1951 » Michael Freedman, American mathematician and academic
• 1951 » Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 » Tony Danza, American actor and producer
• 1952 » Cheryl Gillan, British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1952 » Gerald Early, American author and academic
• 1953 » John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
• 1954 » Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1971 » François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)

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. Paul
16. Dirk

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.
• March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
• June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

The temperature on April 21, 1952 was between 6.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.