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• Rosanne Heirbaut, MELSELE († 2011)
• Gerrit willems jellema, Scharnegoutum († 1999)
• Suzanne Walsh, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Malcolm (Macky) SMITH († 2011)
• Ludwina Constantine Mollet, Manokwari (NNW-Gn) († 1984)
• Jacoba Raggers, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 2015)
• Piet Post († 2010)
• Gerrit Willems Jellema, Scharnegoutum, S√∫dwest-Frysl√¢n, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Robert Dean Black, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1993)
• Eduard Saenen, Tessenderlo, 3980, België († 1976)

• Cornelis Klein (79), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria HEIJLIGERS (65), Maasbree
• Andreas Joannes van RUIJVEN (78), Rijswijk, Nederland
• Cornelis Klein (79), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Joannes van Ruijven (78), Rijswijk
• Antonia Hazelaar (56), Maartensdijk
• Catharina Antonia van Leeuwen (68), 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands
• Balthazar CORNIPS (89), Maaseik,, Limburg, België
• Arie van Vliet (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Engelina Maria Johanna Dorresteijn

• 1950 » Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
• 1950 » Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
• 1950 » John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Linda Howard, American author
• 1951 » Jay North, American actor
• 1951 » Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 » Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1953 » Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player
• 1953 » Marlene Dumas, South African painter
• 1954 » Michael Arthur, English physician and academic

• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

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. Paul
16. Dirk

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 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
• April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.

The temperature on August 3, 1952 was between 13.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.