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• Lucia Dorothea Maria van LEEUWEN, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Taco Mesdag, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Georges Callewaert, Torhout († 2010)
• Eric Eugène Helena Franco, Mortsel († 1986)
• Hendrikus Harminus Wilken, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Willemijna Antje Roos, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Paul Joseph Witucki, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Arie Cornelis Snetselaar, Renkum († 1952)
• Osni Reinert, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1993)
• Pieternella Bismeijer, Kampen, Ov, The Netherlands († 2003)

• Arnoldus Laaper (82), Bussum
• Annie Liezen (68), Oostburg, Wisconsin
• Carrie BELL (78)
• Agnes Willan (57), Manchester, Lancashire, England
• "Guy" Christophe Armand du Bessey de Contenson (76), Glux-en-Glenne, Nièvre, France
• Bertha J Muilenberg (41), Douglas County, South Dakota
• Alida Vanacker (70), Brugge Sint Michiels,8000,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België
• Calvin James Newhart (56), Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Marie Geurink Brus (78)
• Barend Swaab (70), 's-Gravenhage

• 1950 » Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter
• 1950 » Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach († 1997)
• 1951 » Angela Voigt, German long jumper († 2013)
• 1951 » Jim Sundberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1951 » Richard Clapton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » David Leakey, English general and politician
• 1952 » Diane Duane, American author and screenwriter
• 1952 » George Strait, American singer, guitarist and producer
• 1952 » Jeana Yeager, American pilot
• 1953 » Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator († 2015)

• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
• 1968 » Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)

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.
• February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
• July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
• August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.

The temperature on May 18, 1952 was between 10.3 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.