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• Hiltje (Hillie) Stallinga, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)
• Johannes Veldkamp (Veltkamp), Heerde, Nederland († 2000)
• Jilt Sietsma, Ridderkerk († 2020)
• Janna Toet († 2016)
• Johannes Veldkamp, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 2009)
• Ann Lorrainne Hedley († 1978)
• Wemmigje de Ruiter, Steenwijk († 2024)
• Anna (Ankie) Bork, Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Geertje Voorhaar, Westzaan
• Aris Jacobus Evert Appel, Breukelen († 2002)

• Dirk Hermanus Hendrik Huele (54), Amsterdam
• Berend Jans Schutrups (86), Valthe, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Lodewijckx (80), Oudenbosch, Nederland
• Antje van Weelden (43), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Ginneken (87), Essen, België
• Aphina Ooyman, Terschelling
• Antonius Wilhelmus Plattel (72), Zwolle, Nederland
• Catharina Maria WERNER (67)
• Abraham Leemans (48), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Maria van Veghel (38), Wijbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1949 » Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop
• 1949 » Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler († 1993)
• 1949 » Richard Prince, American painter and photographer
• 1950 » Dorian Harewood, American actor
• 1951 » Catherine Hicks, American actress
• 1951 » Daryl Somers, Australian television host and singer
• 1952 » David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1952 » Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1954 » Mark Hughes, English-Australian rugby league player

• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
• 1946 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)

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.
• January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
• February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
• September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
• September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
• October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
• November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

The temperature on August 6, 1952 was between 13.1 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.