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• Peter C WILSON († 2009)
• Alex Sterckx, Veurne
• Femmie Santbergen († 1957)
• Lydia van Embden, Ter Heijde aan Zee († 2019)
• Toon Wouters, Bladel en Netersel († 2012)
• Paulus Hillebrand (Paulus) NAN, Hoorn,, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas († 1999)
• Helena Johanna Maria van Leeuwen, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Willy van der Voorden († 1986)
• John Howard Burns, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 2006)
• Mariet Nijhof, Loenen († 2008)

• Cornelia Halvemaan (77), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Leendert Droogendijk (58), Zeist Utr
• Bonaventura Schoors (87), Herenthout, België
• Cornelia Zwart (48), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Bruin (60), Den Haag
• Cornelis SCHOUTEN (85), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Frederici (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hanegaaf (81), Maarheeze (Brabant)
• Christiane Marie Emilie ABLAY (46)
• Claude Anne Céline Combeau (27), Cagnoa, Cote de Ivoire, France

• 1950 » Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan cricketer and economist
• 1951 » Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator
• 1951 » Brendan Barber, English trade union leader
• 1951 » Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1952 » Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 » Craig Taubman, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » James Smith, American boxer
• 1953 » Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator
• 1953 » Wakanohana Kanji II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna
• 1954 » Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer

• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
• 1962 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)

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.
• February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
• March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
• July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
• August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
• 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 3, 1952 was between -1.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.