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• Sjoerd jellema, Arnhem († 2014)
• Nella Elizabeth Klein Haneveld, Onstwedde († 1989)
• Frederick Orin Bennett, Towanda Brad, Pennsylvania († 1998)
• Johannes (John) Hendrikus Maria HOEVEN,VAN DER, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Antonija Cankar, Ljubljana, Slovenia († 1997)
• Anneke J.A. van Hage, Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Augustinus Maria Boxebeld, Frankrijk († 1956)
• Jan van Otterlo († 1959)
• Alijda Theodora Maria Smit, Soest († 1952)
• Floor Scholtes, Monster, Nederland († 2019)

• Petrus Jacobus Maria Aarden (74), Oudenbosch
• Anita Laclé (79), Aruba
• Amelia De Kruijf (86), Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfons Leon Albert Aerts (0), Geel, België
• Aaltje Vermeulen (67), De Bilt
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Wolters (70), Kortessem, België
• Bastiana Elizabeth de Neef (74), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna van den Berg (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Andreas Driessen (50), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Louis Hahn (66), Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1948 » Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska
• 1948 » Lindsay Crouse, American actress
• 1948 » Richard Riehle, American actor
• 1949 » Ross Bleckner, American painter
• 1950 » Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
• 1950 » Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
• 1950 » Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician
• 1951 » George Karl, American basketball player and coach
• 1955 » Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician

• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)

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 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
• February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• 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 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
• November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on May 12, 1952 was between 6.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.