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• Jean-Charles de Moustier, Paris, 75056, France († 1994)
• Herman Jozef Alfonsus Maria (Harrie) Hannink, Deurningen,Dinkelland († 2016)
• Wiepke Jeltje van Evert, Den Haag, Nederland († 2007)
• HENNIE ROOZE, ENSCHEDE († 1989)
• Astrid Nicola Leonora Jeukens, Jakarta, Java, Indonesië
• Corry Cornelius Petrus van Bragt, Geertruidenberg († 1952)
• Henry LEHRER, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1973)
• Alphons Joseph Louman († 1952)
• Roelof Eric van Helden, OSS, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Tonny de Jongh, Deil West Betuwe (GL) († 2022)

• Alida Adriana de Backer (Bakker) (85), Oisterwijk, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agata van Ettikhoven (68), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Anne Marie Josephine l'Homme (69), Wittem
• Albertus Odding (87), Zorgvlied, Diever, Westerveld, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Berendina Nieuwenhuis (76), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• ARTHUR DIONISIUS SMET (70), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Catharina Johanna Hugens (65), Rotterdam
• Cornelia de Vroed (79)
• Balbino de Araujo Santos (68), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Aartje Olthof (82), Eefde (Gorssel)

• 1950 » Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
• 1952 » Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California
• 1952 » Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
• 1952 » Faye Kellerman, American author
• 1952 » Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 » João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic
• 1953 » Hugh McDowell, English cellist
• 1953 » Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer and coach
• 1953 » Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria

• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)

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.
• March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
• 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.
• September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
• 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 31, 1952 was between 12.5 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.