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• Nanno Bernardus Hendrikus Pius Abbing, Bussum († 2018)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Kortekaas, Noordwijkerhout († 1989)
• Debra Lou (Lu) Moreland, fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Gerrit Boeve, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2012)
• N.N. de Goede, Zwolle
• Edward E. Veerman, Apeldoorn († 2000)
• Anna Elisabeth de Moree, Gouda († 1952)
• Anna Elisabeth de Moree, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Nicole Marguerite Stadeus, Moorslede († 2024)
• Eduard Flipse, amsterdam, Nederland († 1999)

• Charles Herbert Fuller (74), Otter Tail, Minnesota
• Adriana Frederika de WIT (92), Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Frederica De Wit (62), Kerkdriel,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Allartje Booij (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Linnenbrink (88), Deventer
• Aaltje Everts Larooi (67), Leeuwarden, 8911, Nederland
• Antje Sakes Braak (81), Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Braun (71), Heerlen
• Adriaan Jansen (44), Amsterdam
• Anna van der Waarden (67), Ubach over Worms

• 1950 » Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer († 2006)
• 1950 » Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman († 2015)
• 1950 » Mercedes Lackey, American author
• 1950 » Nancy Allen, American actress
• 1951 » Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
• 1952 » Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
• 1952 » Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
• 1953 » Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
• 1953 » William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)

• 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 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
• February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
• August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
• 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.

The temperature on June 24, 1952 was between 10.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.