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• Klaas Wallinga, Blesdijke († 2023)
• Onbekend Braam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Nederland († 1952)
• Johannes Henricus Maria Hoogervorst, Haarlemmermeer († 2007)
• Christine Martinez, San Joaquin, California († 1981)
• Siegfried Carels, Djakarta, Infonesië († 2006)
• Fred Vlaardingerbroek, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Marcel Edouard Elise SIMAL, Ougree Belgie († 1953)
• Patricia Ellen Cain, San Mateo Co., California, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Waltherus Petrus Maria Kock, Gilze en Rijen
• Johannes Klim, Heerlen († 2000)

• Charles Willem (Wilhelm) De Kater (51), Amsterdam
• Camilla Augusta Paludan (78), Vestervig, Thisted amt
• Atze van der Meulen (77), Surhuisterveen
• Antje Reiding (87), Bloemendaal
• August Friedrich Lippke "Lipke" (72), Cook County, Illinois
• Casparis Anthoniusz Molenman (72), Enkhuizen
• Aagje Dekker (75), Sint Maarten
• Antonie Gabriël Huijps (30), Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus van DORSSER (81)
• Beitske Sjoerds van Dijk (87), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland

• 1948 » David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
• 1949 » Doug Bair, American baseball player and coach
• 1950 » Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
• 1950 » Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
• 1952 » Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1953 » Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
• 1955 » Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
• 1956 » Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer

• 1940 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 1958 » Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
• 1963 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)

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 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
• August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
• October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.

The temperature on August 22, 1952 was between 8.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.