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• Jozef Pieter Marie De Vroe, Kampenhout, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Flanders, Belgi√´ († 2014)
• Thomas Edward "Tom" Stafford, Des Moines, Dallas / Polk / Warren Co., IA († 2017)
• Patsy Gayle Mattingly, Kentucky († 1953)
• Cornelis Johannes Hemmers, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Petronella Maria Slaman, Onderdijk (bij Wervershoof, gem. Medemblik, NH)
• Peter Gijsen, Eindhoven-Nederland († 2010)
• Geertruida van de HEUVEL, Rhenen († 1996)
• Cornelia de Wreede, Arnhem Gelderland Nederland († 2019)
• Suanne F. Lake, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2004)
• Lou L√©on Mathieu Joseph Hardy, Maastricht,Limburg,Nederland († 2012)

• Cordula VANDENBERGHE (88), Eine, Oost-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Adrianus Spapens (78), Hilvarenbeek
• Adrianus van Toledo (75), Rozendaal, Nederland
• Anthonij Johannes Vermaat (0), Rotterdam
• Abraham Hermanus Brand (42), Java, Indonesie
• Bertha Cornelia Voorsmit (65), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Catharina Maria Hersbach (54), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christina van den Assem (44), Rotterdam
• Adriaan GOMMERS (82), den Hout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Blom (54), Voorburg

• 1948 » Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Greg Brown, American musician
• 1949 » Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Jon Trickett, English politician
• 1950 » Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic
• 1952 » Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach
• 1952 » Sylvia Rivera, American transgender rights activist († 2002)
• 1954 » Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• 1955 » Kim Carr, Australian educator and politician, 31st Australian Minister for Human Services
• 1956 » Jerry Hall, American model and actress

• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)

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.
• February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
• May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
• 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.
• September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
• October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.

The temperature on July 2, 1952 was between 17.4 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 23.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.