About the day » Sunday May 11, 1952Calender converter

• Kees Cornelis Petrus van Houten, Amsterdam († 1967)
• Maria Theadora Johanna Koops, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 2004)
• Brenda Zippro, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Henrica W. F. N. Fleuren, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1984)
• Jan Mol, Essen, België († 1953)
• Lucie Brok, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Albertus Gerardus Maria Hendrina (Bert) Achten, Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 2007)
• Tineke (Zwaantina Grietje) Boersma († 2017)
• N.N. Braam, Westerbork, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1952)
• Dirk Johan de Leeuw († 2009)

• Antonius Reemer (59), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Willemsen (73)
• Berendina Nijenhuis, te (84), Enschede Ov. Nederland
• Barteld Jannes Huizing (74), Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Barteld Huizing (74), Oude Pekela, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendricus Josephus van Paassen (34), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Bosch (61), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Annie Kvande (67), Skagit, Washington, United States
• Cornelis Willem LINDENBERG (52), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barteld Jannes Huizing (74), Oude Pekela, Nederland

• 1943 » Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician
• 1944 » John Benaud, Australian cricketer
• 1948 » Jack Cantoni, French rugby player († 2013)
• 1948 » Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
• 1950 » Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
• 1950 » Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor († 2014)
• 1951 » Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
• 1954 » John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1957 » Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician

• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

• 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 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
• March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
• 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.
• July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
• September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
• October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.

The temperature on May 11, 1952 was between 7.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.