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• Deborah VanVoorst, Holland Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Jenny Degryse, Roeselare († 2022)
• Antonia Martina Louisa Jansen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Margaretha Johanna Maria Stokman, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Irene de Ponte, Andirá, Paraná, Brasil († 1952)
• Christiane Thuytten, Roeselare († 2017)
• Jennifer Agnes FRANKCOMBE, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia († 1970)
• Levenloos Kind de Wit, De Knipe,Heerenveen,Friesland,Nederland († 1952)
• Luiz Gilberto Wertheimer, Brasil († 2005)
• James Scott Beglinger, Albany, Alameda, California, United States († 2009)

• Aaltjen Zieverink (65), Warnsveld, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaldrik Veentjer (80), Ter Apel (Vlagtwedde)
• Anna Hubertina Graulich Graulich (64), Maastricht
• Catharina van Schalkwijk (58), IJsselstein
• Aloijsia Margaretha Cornelia Vermeulen (42), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Rook (50), Ermelo/GL
• Antonij Martens (78), Bumba(Belgisch Kongo)
• Adrianus Franciscus van den Merkhof (67), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Adriana Francisca van Dongen (70), Tilburg
• Aloijsia Margaretha Cornelia Vermeulen (42), Breda

• 1950 » Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress († 2014)
• 1951 » Matthew Engel, English journalist and author
• 1951 » Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer
• 1952 » Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Russian runner
• 1953 » Barbara Minty, American model
• 1953 » José Bové, French farmer and politician
• 1953 » Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, English politician
• 1954 » John Dyson, Australian cricketer

• 1934 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1937 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 1941 » Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1955 » Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)
• 1965 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)

• 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.
• July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
• July 21 » The 7.3 M_w  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
• August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
• November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
• December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.

The temperature on June 11, 1952 was between 13.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.