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• Cornelis Roskam, Sliedrecht († 2017)
• van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Arie Cornelis Jonker, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 2016)
• Hilda E. G. Courteyn, Gent († 1990)
• Marcellinus Martinus van Hooff, Den Bosch († 2005)
• Colleen Christine Findlay, Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States († 2009)
• Janny van Leeuwen, Luyksgestel († 1985)
• Judith Lynn Klyn, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1964)
• Gloria G Hites, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2005)
• Larry R Ingram, Cuba City, Wisconsin († 2016)

• Antonia van der LINGEN (72), Utrecht
• Bruce Ira Wobbema (0), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Cbristina Verhoeven (81), Ridderkerk
• Christina Verhoeven (81), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Pieter Basting (76), Brookfield, Waukesha, WI
• Anna Helena Blankevoort (87), Zaandam
• Constance Shirley Goodwin (34), Takoma Park, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
• Andreas van den Beld (53), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Terstal (66), Amsterdam
• Catharina Robben (77), Tilburg

• 1951 » Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2007)
• 1952 » Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1952 » Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation
• 1952 » Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Herb Ritts, American photographer and director († 2002)
• 1952 » Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2007)
• 1952 » Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist
• 1953 » Ron Hilditch, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1953 » Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
• 1953 » Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic

• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)

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 14 » NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• 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.
• May 13 » The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
• August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
• December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.
• December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

The temperature on August 13, 1952 was between 11.9 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.