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• Bertha Catharina Maria (Bea) Schepers, Roosendaal († 2014)
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van Boer, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1952)
• David A Kissel, Taylor, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Hendrikus Jacob Leonardus Willem Looijen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Marianne Frieda ZIVI, Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland († 1995)
• Johannes Christiaan Lukaart, Vlaardingen († 2005)
• Monique Margaretha Nicole Langemeijer, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1956)
• Bertha Catharina Maria Schepers, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Michael Douglas Boissevain, Toronto
• Steven Romkes, Den Helder († 1958)

• Alida Maria Oethilda Ament (79), Den Haag
• Arie de Bie (60), Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Adriana van Spreeuwel (86), Tilburg
• Christina de Koning (79), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aleida Johanna Hagens (71), eibergen
• Antonius Gerardus Kooimans (60), Makassar, Sulawesi
• Abraham de Kwaadsteniet (28), Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes Verdult (61), Bergen op Zoom
• Christopher BLANEY (1)
• Aaltje ter Maat (74), Rotterdam

• 1949 » Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Richard Gere, American actor and producer
• 1951 » Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
• 1951 » Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic
• 1952 » Herbert Reul, German politician
• 1952 » Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
• 1953 » György Károly, Hungarian poet and author
• 1953 » Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver
• 1953 » Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer
• 1954 » Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter

• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)

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.
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
• June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
• July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
• November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.

The temperature on August 31, 1952 was between 13.7 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.