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• Romain L'Homme, Sint Truiden († 2016)
• Reinder Wildeboer, Kallenkote († 2024)
• Petrus Leo Christiaan Maria (Pieter) Maas, 'S-Hertogenbosch Noord-Brabant Nederland († 1980)
• Nicole Sophie Henri LEERMAN, Beveren-Waas († 1988)
• Dagmar Johanna Wilhelmina Alma Veenendaal, Hoensbroek († 2011)
• Roelof Hilbrant Willems, Groningen († 2022)
• Fransiscus Cornelis Jacobus Jozef van der Ark, Den Haag
• Maarten Jongepier, Oosterbeek († 2000)
• Pieter Maas, 's Hertogenbosch († 1980)
• Ineke Arends († 1997)

• Adolf De Bisschop (51), Aalst
• Andreas Hubertus Henricus Waelbers (69), Zwolle, Provincie Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Dina Krejenzang (50), Rijssen
• Charles Lee Waldrip (69)
• Abraham Cambier (74), Retranchement, Zeeland, Nederland
• Deegen (63)
• Antonius Casimirus Janssens (66), Lommel, Limburg, België
• Bastiaan Biesheuvel (92), Zuid Beijerland
• Elizabeth de Wit (82), Kesteren
• Alfred Ray Cox (34)

• 1950 » Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1951 » Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 1951 » Lynda Carter, American actress
• 1952 » Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Ian Cairns, Australian surfer
• 1953 » Claire McCaskill, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 » James Newcome, English bishop
• 1953 » Jon Faddis, American trumpet player, composer, and conductor
• 1953 » Julian Brazier, English captain and politician
• 1953 » Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist

• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)

• 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.
• April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
• April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• May 13 » The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
• 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.
• December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

The temperature on July 24, 1952 was between 9.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.