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• NN van Leijen, Renkum GL NL
• Louisa Hendrika Kaptein, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Hennie Scaf, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 2011)
• Jacob Johannes van Veldhuizen, Apeldoorn († 1952)
• Antoine Laurent Jean Marie Evers, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• "Corrie" Cornelia Hendrika Breek, Bergen († 1983)
• Leslie Deweerdt († 2011)
• Hans Dalmeijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Terry Douglas van Zee, Des Moines-Iowa (USA) († 2014)
• Benno Wösting, Enschede († 2018)

• Cornelis Neefjes (80), Westerblokker, North Holland, Netherlands
• Dirkje (Okkes) Bosgra (86), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Jacoba Meeuwisse (80), Rijswijk
• Allardus RENKEMA (1), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Albertus Groenendijk (65), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelis Neefjes (80), Westerblokker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Cornelia van de Ven (78), Helmond
• Cora Lee Johnson (54)
• Cornelis Griffioen (3), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Edel van Twisk (75), Wognum

• 1950 » Rob Hyman, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1951 » Christian Bobin, French author and poet
• 1951 » Enda Kenny, Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1951 » Nigel Harrison, English bass player and songwriter
• 1951 » Ron Arad, Israeli architect and academic
• 1952 » Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
• 1952 » Ralph Winter, American film producer
• 1953 » Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
• 1954 » Jack Blades, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1954 » Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer

• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)

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 14 » NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
• 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 April 24, 1952 was between 2.9 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.