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• Marie-Ange Cleren, Sint-Truiden, België († 2007)
• Marja Nijsen, Rotterdam
• Andreas Albertus Josephus Bierman, AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Judith Klaumann, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2004)
• Thomas Martin Grace, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Antonius Adrianus Maria "Ton" Groos († 1993)
• Karel DE WOLF, Popokalaka (Zaire) († 2011)
• Katherine Lou Kerr, New Hampshire († 2004)
• Jimmy (John) LuVerne Hillenbrand
• Adrianus Hendrikus Marinus Johannes HEEREN, Rucphen († 1952)

• Antje Griek (65), Drachten
• Alphonsus Anthonius Bonifacius Böcker (56), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Wolthuis (85), Bergen op Zoom
• Bernardus Antonie Wilhelmus van Dijk (70), Dussen
• Catharina (Ka) Kortekaas (55), Koog aan de Zaan, Nederland
• Adrianus Meijdam (72), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Naumann (80), Soerabaja, Indonesië
• Antonie van Vught (69), Rosmalen
• Antonia Catharina Maria van de Zande (56), Rotterdam
• Berend Holstein (79), Bellingwolde, Nederland

• 1950 » Charles Fleischer, American comedian and actor
• 1950 » Neil Murray, Scottish bass player and songwriter
• 1951 » Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
• 1951 » Mack Brown, American football player and coach
• 1951 » Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician
• 1952 » Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian
• 1953 » Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 » Joan Smith, English journalist and author
• 1953 » Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright
• 1953 » Tom Berryhill, American businessman and politician

• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1956 » Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)
• 1963 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
• 1964 » Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)

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.
• April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
• August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
• September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
• September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
• November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

The temperature on August 27, 1952 was between 13.9 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.