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• Dean Botma († 1987)
• Nicolaas Willem van den Hazel, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Josine Maria Krijnen, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Pieter Boon († 2019)
• Pauline Wilhelmina Maria BRAAKHUIS, Oldenzaal, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Aalbert Kouseband, wageningen
• Dirk Kramer († 1983)
• Pieter Poortinga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2006)
• Maria G van Oudheusden († 2005)
• Jan Broekhuis, Epe († 2015)

• Charles William PENNY (49), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Cornelis de Jong (58), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Helena Kling (77), Leiden
• Alida Boer (41), den helder
• Arthur James Hasbrouck (65), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa
• Abraham Anthonij de Graaff (72), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia KOMEN (59), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Nijdam
• Boukje Aardema (80), Emmen
• Boukje Aardema (80), Emmen, Nederland

• 1950 » Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
• 1950 » Tom Kelly, American baseball player
• 1950 » Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
• 1951 » Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
• 1951 » Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 » John Childs, English cricketer
• 1952 » Chuck Burgi, American drummer
• 1953 » Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
• 1953 » Mark Thatcher, English businessman
• 1953 » Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author

• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)

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 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
• September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
• October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
• 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 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

The temperature on August 15, 1952 was between 14.0 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.