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• Johannes Oud
• Helena Rovers, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Wiebechien Duursma († 2011)
• Adriana van Iwaarden, Kruiningen († 1952)
• Anna netina Dekker, den haag († 2012)
• Lynette Van der SPUY, South Africa († 1958)
• Johanna Ursula Gerarda Maria de Jong, Zaandam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1952)
• Adele Louise Ransom, Hackensack, New Jersey, VS († 2020)
• Kathryn Jane Ubelhor, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• N.N. Nanninga, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1952)

• Adrianus Franciscus Christianus de Ruijter (65), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Maulus (40), Etten-Leur
• Catharina van Logten (57), Elshout
• Audrey Kloosterman (34), Evergreen Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Dimphna van de Voort (79), Bladel en Netersel
• Alexandra van Oldenburg (87), Paris, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Cornelis Petrus Johannes Staal (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Fortunati (53), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana van Amstel (68), Erp
• Arie Otten (87), Stad Delden

• 1949 » David Cross, English violinist
• 1949 » John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• 1949 » Paul Collier, English economist and academic
• 1950 » Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
• 1950 » Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
• 1951 » Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
• 1952 » Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1953 » James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 1954 » Stephen Dalton, English air marshal

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (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.
• April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
• April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
• May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
• August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
• December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.

The temperature on April 23, 1952 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.