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• Christine Anne Serraillier, Singleton, Chichester W. Sussex. England († 2018)
• Jan Hendrik Christiaan Stokhorst, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Bettina Engelenberg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Herman kuiper, Oostzaan († 1999)
• Jan Boender, Rhoon († 2009)
• Johan Verheij, Haarlemmermeer († 1977)
• René Offenberg, Steenderen Bronckhorst Gelderland Nederland († 1973)
• Ricky Allen Dell, Fort Wayne, Indiana († 1965)
• Johanna Maria Frederika Huberdina Smehuijzen, Breda († 2006)
• Lucia Juliana Maria de Boer, Franeker († 1952)

• Aafke Til (68), Groningen
• Alphonsius Merckx (75), Bornem
• Catharina Geertje ERMERINS (59), Alkmaar
• Cornelia Maria Huijsmans (76), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha van Dijken (69), Groningen
• Anje Jantiena Oost (64), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Oudshoorn (65), Leiden
• Aafke Til (68), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Clara Elisabeth van Lippe-Weissenfeld (90), Ostheim, Elzas
• Cornelia Maria Huijsmans (76), roosendaal nispen, Nederland

• 1949 » Christa Vahlensieck, German runner
• 1949 » Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician
• 1950 » Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1950 » Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1951 » John Conteh, English boxer
• 1954 » Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
• 1954 » Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
• 1955 » Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
• 1955 » Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
• 1955 » Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer

• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)

• 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 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
• June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
• September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
• September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
• October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.

The temperature on May 27, 1952 was between 7.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.