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• dorothea cornelia maria (thea) verstappen, helden-beringe
• Kerry Vannette, Holland (Ottawa County) (Michigan) († 1952)
• N.N. van der GEEST, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• N.N. Verhoeven, Breda († 1952)
• Brenda Marie Illerbrun, Guelph Wellington Ontario († 2017)
• Johanna Jacoba Pieternella Hauser, Heerlen († 2001)
• NN De Voogt, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• wilhelmina petronella andrea maria (miny) thiesen, helden-egchel
• Barbara Gay Kelly, South Africa († 2011)
• Hendrikus GROESBEEK, Dordrecht († 2003)

• Amy Hoyt Porter (53), Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, United States of America
• "Jean" Marie Anne Lamour de Caslou (57)
• Anna Maria Catharina Noordermeer (48), Haarlem
• Albertus Constant baron van der Feltz (80), Nice,06000,Alpes-Maritimes,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
• Bartel de Bruijne (82), Hilversum
• Albertus Vlooswijk (82), Jutphaas
• Antonie Julius Bakkes (66), Rotterdam
• Antonia Wilhelmina Simons (53), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Theodora Maria Smit (0)
• Baron Albertus Constant van der Feltz (80), Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

• 1949 » Andrew Neil, Scottish journalist and academic
• 1949 » Denis O'Connor, British police officer
• 1950 » Will Hutton, English economist and journalist
• 1951 » Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge († 2016)
• 1951 » Al Franken, American actor, screenwriter, and politician
• 1952 » Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
• 1953 » Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist
• 1954 » D. B. S. Jeyaraj, Sri Lankan-Canadian journalist and blogger
• 1954 » Janice Karman, American film producer, record producer, singer, and voice actress
• 1954 » Marc Ribot, American guitarist and composer

• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896)

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.
• 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 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
• June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
• 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.
• July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
• October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.

The temperature on May 21, 1952 was between 3.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.