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• Pierre Marinus Josephus Gerardus Brouns, Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 1958)
• James Raymond CRAM, Clinton, Iowa († 2007)
• Joanna Gertruda Maria (Anneke) Kleijn († 2020)
• Jacobus Maria Matheus Alsemgeest († 2011)
• Godelieve Vanhooren, Roeselare († 2022)
• Willem JONKERS († 1999)
• Duane Michael Wiegmann († 1952)
• Robert Houtkooper, Den Helder († 2013)
• Adriaan (Aad) Baljeu, Delft († 2010)
• Janet Gay Chappell, Jefferson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1987)

• Benoit Crick (66), Buggenhout
• Berend TUIN (73)
• Adèle Pauline VITAL (70), Cappy,80,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
• Aaltje Schoe (89), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bintje Zweitzes van der Wal (89), Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Blink (76), Rottum, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Allegonda Maria Theresia Durenkamp (86), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Benoit Crick (66), Buggenhout
• Arijan Pot (65), Zaandijk
• Allan Ferdinand Rappa (21), Singapore

• 1949 » Mahesh Bhatt, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Greg Valentine, American wrestler
• 1951 » Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 » Javier Marías, Spanish journalist, author, and academic
• 1951 » Joanna Cameron, American actress and model (The Secrets of Isis)
• 1953 » Rocky Mattioli, Italian-Australian boxer
• 1953 » Steve Tom, American actor
• 1954 » Anne McIntosh, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation
• 1955 » Betsy Brantley, American actress

• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)
• 1970 » Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)

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.
• February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
• April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
• May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• 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.
• December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
• December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

The temperature on September 20, 1952 was between 4.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.