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• Gordon Joseph Proulx, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 2009)
• Femmie Pieters, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
• Leonardus Johannes Verwoert, Schaesberg
• Adriana Adriaansen, Goirle († 1985)
• Joke van Midden († 1995)
• Wietske Catharina Scholte, Amsterdam († 1995)
• Theodorus Adriani Visch Rappard, Oostzaan († 1997)
• Steven Douglas Kline († 1983)
• Jeanette (Levenloos) Geldof, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Phyllis Ann Stocksdale († 1977)

• Alphons William van Schoor (58), Elburg
• Dieuwke Veldhuizen (36), Steenwijk (gem. Steenwijkerland)
• Albina Lagast (66), Brugge, West Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Axel Albert PETERSSON (70), Hälleberga,,Kronoberg,SWEDEN
• Andries Wierenga (68), Edmonton, AB, Canada
• Egbert Smilda (84), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Daisy Antoinette Pauls (66), North Ryde now Macquarie Park
• Alice NN (56)
• Ben Adell Ackerman (74), Liberty, Gage, NE
• Andries Klazes Wierenga (68)

• 1950 » Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist († 2013)
• 1950 » Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
• 1951 » Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver († 2001)
• 1951 » John Holmes, English diplomat, British Ambassador to France
• 1951 » Rick Burleson, American baseball player
• 1952 » Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 » David Icke, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1952 » Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
• 1952 » Rob Nicholson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1952 » Ron Washington, American baseball player and manager

• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
• 1964 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)
• 1966 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

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.
• February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• 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.
• 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.
• November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
• 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 April 29, 1952 was between 0.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.