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• Raymond Punie, Wellen, België († 2016)
• JANTJE BEISHUIZEN († 1952)
• arie nico van der VELDEN, numansdorp († 2000)
• Harm Renze (Harmen) van der Leij, Meppel († 1953)
• Yvan de Schietere de Lophem, Bruges, Belgique († 1971)
• Diane L. OSMICK, Dowagiac Cass County Michigan U.S.A († 2021)
• Hermanus Gerhardus Maria IJsseldijk, Deventer († 1956)
• Jan Griffioen, Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)
• Jantje Beishuizen († 1952)
• Jan Griffioen, Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)

• Adrianus Verburgt (57), Purmerend
• Albert Frederick Harridge (68), Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
• Anna Pera (83), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonia Elisabeth Maria van Baaren (84), Utrecht
• Antoinette barones de Vos van Steenwijk (94), Velp
• Audrey Rowena Tucker (Mitchell (68), Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
• Adriana Willemsen (90), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes (Albert) van den Brink (65), Wichmond, Bronckhorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoinette de Vos van Steenwijk (94), Velp
• Apolonia de Groot (78), Warmond

• 1951 » Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 » Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
• 1951 » Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist
• 1952 » Joe Johnson, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 1952 » Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
• 1952 » Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician
• 1953 » Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
• 1953 » Geddy Lee, Canadian musician
• 1953 » Ken Burns, American director and producer
• 1953 » Tim Gunn, American television host and actor

• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
• 1966 » Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)

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 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
• 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.
• December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.

The temperature on July 29, 1952 was between 6.2 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.