About the day » Thursday May 22, 1952Calender converter

• wim gommans, helden-panningen († 2016)
• Kees (Case) Van Ham, Willemstad, North Brabant († 2016)
• Martin Wilhelmus Maria Raafs, Afferden († 1969)
• Ton Boon, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Bonnie Deelstra († 1997)
• Kathleen Dianne McNamara, Coral Gables, Miami-Dade, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Ann Schaap († 2005)
• Leendert Johan van Klingeren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2000)
• N.N. Hochstenbach, Sittard († 1952)
• Anna Monica Marie Stalpers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)

• Arnoldus Gras (63), Wassenaar
• Antonius Josephus Lataster (61), Klimmen
• Antoon Joseph Lataster (61), Kerkrade, Nederland
• Auguste Alphonse Louis Marie VAN HOREN (80)
• Arthur Gerard Jozef Denies (de Nies) (65), Nijmegen (Gl)
• Anna Maria Kümmerer (79), Lakota, Kossuth Co., IA
• Berend Reinders (74), Haren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bernardus Johan Alphons Bos (32), Denekamp
• Anna Christina Verkijk (75), `s Gravenhage
• Albert Rijkles de Groot (62)

• 1948 » Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter
• 1948 » Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver
• 1949 » Cheryl Campbell, English actress
• 1949 » Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
• 1950 » Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1953 » Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1953 » François Bon, French writer
• 1953 » Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1954 » Barbara May Cameron, Native American human rights activist († 2002)
• 1954 » Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

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.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
• July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
• September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
• December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

The temperature on May 22, 1952 was between 5.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.