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• Suzanna Elisabeth Jansen, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Henrica Maria Helena van Bavel, Oud Gastel († 2004)
• Cornelis Henricus Franciscus Edelbroek, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jackson Jay Foreman, Cleveland, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Gerard de Lange († 2015)
• Anna Kornaat, Vlaardingen († 1997)
• Annigje Nijboer, Beerseveld († 2017)
• Juliarto BUNARTO, Tanjung Pandan, Belitung Island, Province of Bangka Belitung, Indonesia († 2023)
• Miguel Ramirez, El Paso, Texas († 2004)
• Victoria Carlota Chavez († 1971)

• Alexander Vrancken (0), Leuven
• Bertha Hirma Maria Roels (78), Kortrijk (W-VL) België
• Colomba Vaccari (51), Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Eric Rigby-Jones (54), Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
• Cornelia Groeneveld (70), Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Luella Kuper (59), Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
• Antje Berkhof (64), Utrecht
• Antje Berkhof (64), Utrecht (UTR) The Netherlands
• Cornelia Groeneveld (70), Eindhoven
• Emma Maria Dochy (81), Geluveld

• 1950 » Edward Leigh, English lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Lucille Lemay, Canadian archer
• 1951 » Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter
• 1953 » Dave Evans, Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1953 » Marcia Hines, American-Australian singer and actress
• 1953 » Thomas Friedman, American journalist and author
• 1954 » Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer
• 1954 » Moira Harris, American actress
• 1955 » Desmond Douglas, Jamaican-English table tennis player
• 1955 » René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright

• 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)

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.
• January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
• April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
• July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
• 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 July 20, 1952 was between 12.1 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.