1952

The year 1952 is a year according to the Christian era .

Content
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 * 1 Events
 * 2 Music
 * 3 Literature
 * 4 Visual arts
 * 5 Architecture
 * 6 Film
 * 7 Birth
 * 8 Deceased
 * 9 Weather Extremes in Belgium
 * 10 External link (video)

Events [ edit ]

 * January
 * 1 - Jordan gets a new constitution based on the ministerial responsibility .
 * 14 - In the Netherlands is the distribution of coffee abolished, that the rationing of food and other necessities because of the Second World War comes to an end.
 * 26 - The day after the British army has attacked a police station in Cairo, with 43 ​​deaths, are Egyptian citizens and police officers rebelled against the British army.With this "Black Saturday" falling thirty dead and hundreds injured. The Wafd -regering of Nahas Pasha watches and occurs hardly.
 * February
 * 7 - Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Queen since 6 February, will be sworn in. The coronation comes a year later.
 * 15 - The 6th Winter Olympics are to Oslo by Princess Ragnhild opened. Netherlands won three silver medals at these games.
 * 18 - Greece and Turkey join the NATO .
 * March
 * 10 - In Cuba comes General Fulgencio Batista by a coup in power.
 * 11 - Members of the Egyptian Wafd refuse to cooperate with the new government of Hilali Pasha . Because they have a majority in parliament, will by King Farouk to be disbanded.
 * 14 - In Qumran among Jericho a third cave is found with the Dead Sea Scrolls .
 * 21 - In the Netherlands, the last death sentences are carried out in the special justice pronounced. The Dutch SS Andries Pieters and the German SD officer Arthur Albrecht are the Waalsdorpervlakte shot by a firing squad. The total of those executed in the portfolio to forty.
 * April
 * 8 - 15 - Backed by the national police, miners and students will find in Bolivia a coup instead. After three days of bloody battles, which require thousands of victims, is the military junta of General Ballivian deposed. On 15 April, Víctor Paz Estenssoro named president.
 * 28 - Entry into force of the Treaty of San Francisco , Japan regained its sovereignty .
 * May
 * 7 - Geoffrey Dummer publishes the first concept for an integrated circuit .
 * 21 - The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal opens.
 * 31 - The fairytale Efteling in Kaatsheuvel opens.
 * June
 * 10 - In Belgium enters the Security Act into effect. This law contains the regulations concerning health and safety of employees and the regulations on the hygienic condition of the work and the workplace.
 * 21 - The ARRA, the first in the Netherlands built computer , will be officially put into operation.
 * 22 - One hundred years after his death, the mortal remains of Louis Braille, the inventor of braille, buried in the Panthéon in Paris .
 * July
 * 2 - In The Hague, the miniature city Madurodam opened. Princess Beatrix , the first mayor .
 * 23 - In Egypt takes the Committee of Free Officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the power of the Government of Hilali Pasha . King Farouk is deposited and formally his son Fouad II in its cradle king of Egypt.
 * 26 - Nasser and his sliding General Naguib forward as prime minister and regent.
 * During the Olympic Games in Helsinki wins Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia gold in the 5000 meters, the 10 000 meters and the marathon .
 * Final closing of the Braakman, an estuary of the Scheldt in Zeeland Flanders .
 * August
 * 2 - In the Netherlands, the TV display until August 18 on black due to holidays.
 * 17 - The first Grand Prix Formula I of the Netherlands at Zandvoort won by Alberto Ascari in the Ferrari.
 * During heavy rainfall, the otherwise picturesque English village of Lynmouth engulfed by its banks exiting River Lyn . There are 32 victims and hundreds homeless.
 * September
 * 13 - The first story about Jip and Janneke appears in Het Parool .
 * October
 * 3 - First British atomic test in Australia - this is the United Kingdom, the third nuclear power , alongside the United States ( 1945 ) and the USSR ( 1949 ).
 * 3 - In England, the tea after twelve years of the voucher.
 * 4 - The Brussels North-South connection is a fact. They will be run by King Baudouin .
 * 13 - First broadcast in Holland is a house, a musical radio play about the Average Family.
 * 25 - The Illustrated Press brings the first copy of the weekly Donald Duck as annex of the women's magazine Margriet . A brilliant marketing -vondst.
 * November
 * 4 - The American presidential elections are won by the general-out service Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican Party
 * 14 - The British music magazine New Musical Express begins its hit list . At the top Al Martino with Lord in my heart.
 * 17 - The United States do the first test with a hydrogen bomb, many times more powerful than the atomic bomb . This is the beginning of one of the most threatening aspects of the Cold War , the nuclear arms race . Previous attempts to nuclear weapons by a supranational organization to manage leave, walking piece on distrust of the major powers.
 * 22 - First broadcast of the arrival of Santa Claus on television, broadcast from Amsterdam with J. Gajentaan as Sinterklaas.
 * 25 - In London is the play Mousetrap by Agatha Christie premiere. It will be up to March 1974 will be played continuously, thus the longest running theater performance in the world.
 * December
 * 4 - From December 4 hangs long over London a very dense fog that ultimately up to 4000 people will cost lives. After this, measures are taken to this smog to normal and London to make a cleaner city of the past.
 * 5 - The first time Sinterklaas on Dutch television is received. Presenter is Mies Bouwman who performs this task in 1973 .
 * 8 - 9 - In the French protectorate in Morocco lead the protests against the French protectorate to violent riots in which dozens dead, including seven French, fall and hundreds of people were arrested.
 * December 26 - The Dome Prison in Breda escape with the help of outsiders seven war criminals that same evening in the vicinity of Berg en Dal the border to West Germany about to come. These are: Herbertus Bikker , Sander Borgers , Klaas Carel Faber , Jacob Young , Willem van der Neut , Willem Polak and Antoine Touseul.
 * without date
 * Nelson Mandela opens in Johannesburg law firm for a non-white South Africans.
 * Opening of the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City .
 * The European Coal and Steel Community (the ECSC ) was established.
 * Greece and Turkey become a member of NATO .
 * Michael Ventris deciphered the Linear B .

[Music edit ]
The following plates are hits:
 * Annie de Reuver - Figure in My Eyes
 * Bobbejaan Schoepen - Snub Nose and Mouth Cherry
 * Doris Day - A Guy Is A Guy, Domino and Sugarbush
 * Eddy Christiani - Spring But the back
 * Edith Piaf - Padam Padam ...
 * Four Aces - Tell Me Why
 * Frankie Laine - High Noon
 * Heleentje van Capelle - To The Playground (recorded in 1951)
 * Johnny Ray - All Of Me and Cry
 * Jo Stafford - Allentown Jail, Jambalaya, Shrimp Boats and You Belong to Me
 * Johnston Brothers - Be My Life's Companion
 * Joop de Knegt - High Noon
 * Kay Starr - Wheel of Fortune
 * Les Paul - Tiger Rag and Whispering
 * Lou Bandy - Crow and Parrot
 * Max van Praag - Bokkie and Wild Roses
 * Orchestra Without a Name - The South Wind Blows and The Song of the IJssel
 * Patti Page - I Went To Your Wedding
 * Percy Faith - Delicado
 * Ramblers - Over 25 Years
 * Ray Martin - Blue Tango
 * Rosemary Clooney - Botch-a-me and Half As Much
 * Swinging Nightingales - Come d'r In off your hat
 * Vera Lynn - From The Time You Say Goodbye and The Homing Waltz
 * Free and Happy - Hear the Musicians
 * Winifred Atwell - The Black and White Rag

[Literature edit ]

 * The French writer François Mauriac received the Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Simon Vestdijk novels on installment and the crippled Apollo published
 * Ernest Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea

Visual arts [ edit ]

 * L'Amphion (1952) Henri Laurens, Caracas
 * The Roustabout (1952)Mari Andriessen, Amsterdam
 * stained glass (1952)Fernand Léger, Caracas

[Architecture edit ]

 * Station Zutphen (1952)HGJ Schelling

[Movie Edit ]

 * The Quiet Man, by John Ford , with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara .
 * The Greatest Show on Earth, of Cecil B. DeMille .
 * High Noon, with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly .
 * This Is Cinerama, the first film for wide cloth
 * Moulin Rouge (1952) with Zsa Zsa Gabor

Born [ edit ]

 * January
 * 1 - Ibrahim Tatlises, Turkish actor, singer, director and songwriter
 * 2 - Ng Man-tat, Chinese actor
 * 9 - Eveline Herfkens, Dutch politician ( PvdA ) and director
 * 11 - Leen Barth, Dutch footballer
 * 11 - Lee Ritenour, American jazz guitarist
 * 12 - John Walker, New Zealand athlete
 * 13 - Pekka Pohjola, Finnish musician (deceased in 2008 )
 * 14 - Joke Bruijs, Dutch actress and singer
 * 16 - Fouad II, King of Egypt (1952-1953)
 * 18 - Michael Behe, American biochemist and trailer intelligent design
 * 18 - Wim Rijsbergen, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 20 - Paul Stanley, American musician
 * 22 - Karen Moe, American swimmer and Olympic champion ( 1972 )
 * 25 - Mark Weil, Uzbek theater director and -director (deceased in 2007 )
 * 25 - Tessy Moerenhout, Flemish acrice (deceased in 2011 )
 * 27 - Asma Jahangir, Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist
 * 29 - Paul Kirchner, American illustrator and (comic) author


 * 31 - Ulrike Apel-Haefs, German politician (deceased in 2009 )
 * February
 * 2 - Reinhard Häfner, East German football player and football coach
 * 2 - Fernando Morena, Uruguayan footballer
 * 2 - Eriek Verpale, Flemish writer
 * 3 - Cellou Dalein Diallo, Guinea politician
 * 6 - Charles Goerens, Luxembourg politician
 * 7 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer and songwriter
 * 8 - Jan Willem Boogman, Dutch athlete
 * 10 - Carla Beurskens, Dutch athlete
 * 10 - Jan Keizer, Dutch pianist and accordionist
 * 11 - Koen Crucke, Flemish actor and singer
 * 12 - Michael McDonald, American singer
 * 12 - Henry Rono, Kenyan athlete
 * 13 - Andries Knievel, Dutch TV presenter, journalist, broadcaster and director preacher
 * 13 - Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist
 * 15 - Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Danish footballer
 * 15 - Carla Beurskens, Dutch athlete
 * 15 - Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian politician
 * 15 - Amund Sjøbrend, Norwegian skater
 * 17 - Javier Urruticoechea, Spanish footballer (deceased in 2001 )
 * 18 - Randy Crawford, American singer
 * 18 - Johann Schneider-Ammann, Swiss entrepreneur and politician
 * 19 - Stephen South, British racing driver
 * 21 - Jean-Jacques Burnel, British bass guitarist and singer ( The Stranglers )
 * 24 - Camilia Blereau, Flemish actress
 * 26 - Luka Peruzović, Croatian footballer and football coach
 * 27 - Henk Westbroek, Dutch radio DJ, politician and singer of the group The Charity
 * 29 - Oswaldo Paya, Cuban dissident
 * 29 - Tim Powers, American science fiction and fantasy writer
 * 29 - Raisa Smetanina (Soviet) Russian cross-country star
 * March
 * 1 - Jean Blaute, Flemish musician
 * 1 - Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and football coach
 * 4 - Ronn Moss, American actor
 * 5 - Alan Clark, British keyboardist of Dire Straits
 * 7 - Dominique Mamberti, French archbishop
 * 9 - Harm Beertema, Dutch politician
 * 9 - Amir Peretz, Israeli trade union official and politician
 * 10 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician
 * 11 - Douglas Adams, English author (deceased in 2001 )
 * 13 - Eduard Janota, Czech Minister (deceased in 2011 )
 * 13 - Wolfgang Rihm, German composer
 * 14 - Zoya Ivanova, Kazakh athlete
 * 16 - Cliff Lazarenko, English darter
 * 21 - Anto Kovačević, Croatian politician
 * 22 - Guusje ter Horst, Dutch director and politician ( PvdA )
 * 25 - Lucas Dietens, Dutch actor
 * 26 - Willington Ortiz, Colombian footballer
 * 27 - Jan Albers, Dutch hockey
 * 27 - Maria Schneider, French actress (deceased in 2011 )
 * 28 - Jos Valentijn, Dutch skater
 * 29 - Rainer Bonhof, Dutch-German footballer
 * 29 - Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer
 * April
 * 1 - Rey Robinson, American athlete
 * 4 - Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
 * 4 - Gary Moore, British guitarist (deceased in 2011 )
 * 9 - Jerzy Szmajdziński, Polish politician (deceased in 2010 )
 * 10 - Hugo Broos, Belgian footballer and football coach
 * 13 - Sergey Marchuk, Russian skater
 * 16 - Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli athlete
 * 18 - Piet Keizer, Dutch guitarist and singer
 * 18 - Jan Versteegt, Dutch weatherman
 * 22 - Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress (deceased in 2009 )
 * 24 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
 * 25 - Jacques Santini, French football coach
 * 29 - Adriaan Olree, Dutch actor
 * 30 - Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (deceased in 1984 )
 * May
 * 2 - Martin Hair, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 3 - Allan Wells, Scottish athlete
 * 5 - Armando Pérez Hoyos, Colombian football referee
 * 6 - Jurgis Kairys, Lithuanian pilot
 * 6 - Gerrit Zalm, Dutch Deputy Prime Minister for the VVD and Minister of Finance
 * 10 - Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
 * 10 - Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Brazilian footballer and football coach
 * 13 - Manfred Langer, owner of the Amsterdam nightclub iT (deceased in 1994 )
 * 14 - David Byrne, British musician and songwriter
 * 14 - Robert Zemeckis, American film director
 * 17 - Jody Piper, Dutch singer
 * 18 - Kamel Aouis, Algerian footballer (deceased in 2010 )
 * 19 - Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 20 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
 * 20 - Vadim Zhuk, Belarusian football referee
 * 21 - Mr. T, American actor
 * 28 - Adriaan Bontebal, Dutch poet (deceased in 2012 )
 * 31 - Theo van den Doel, Dutch politician ( VVD )
 * June
 * 1 - Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and football coach
 * 3 - Billy Powell, American keyboardist (deceased in 2009 )
 * 4 - Bronisław Komorowski, Polish politician, in 2010. Acting President of Poland
 * 5 - Nicko McBrain, drummer for the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden
 * 6 - Anders Kallur, Swedish hockey player
 * 7 - Liam Neeson, British actor
 * 7 - Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer
 * 11 - Leon Scottish, Belgian athlete
 * 12 - Ron Teunisse, Dutch athlete
 * 13 - Jean-Marie Dedecker, Flemish Belgian politician and judo coach
 * 16 - Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer
 * 17 - Mortada Mansour, Egyptian jurist, sports director and politician
 * 18 - Romeo Candazo, Filipino politician and human rights lawyer (deceased in 2013 )
 * 18 - Miriam Flynn, American actress
 * 18 - Isabella Rossellini, actress and model, daughter of Ingrid Bergman
 * 18 - Ron Steen, Dutch hockey
 * 20 - John Goodman, American actor
 * 21 - Alicia de Bielefeld , illegitimate daughter of Prince Bernhard
 * 24 - Bert Middel, Dutch politician ( PvdA )
 * 25 - Péter Erdő, Hungarian Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
 * 25 - Tim Finn, New Zealand pop singer
 * 25 - Rune Larsson, Swedish soccer referee
 * 25 - Ferdi Van Den Haute, Belgian cyclist
 * 27 - Paul Wellens, Belgian professional cyclist
 * 28 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete and politician (deceased in 2013 )
 * 30 - David Garrison, American actor
 * July
 * 3 - Rob Overkleeft, Dutch football referee
 * 4 - Karl-Heinz Lambertz, Belgian politician
 * 5 - Fijke Liemburg, Dutch politician (deceased in 2006 )
 * 8 - Luk De Koninck, Flemish actor
 * 9 - Andrey Zhelyazkov, Bulgarian footballer
 * 10 - Peter Marshmallow, Dutch politician
 * 12 - Elsbeth Drill, Dutch jurist (deceased in 2007 )
 * 15 - Matt Herbert, Dutch official, journalist, politician ( LPF )
 * 16 - Stewart Copeland, American drummer (including the Police )
 * 17 - David Hasselhoff, American actor and singer
 * 19 - Allen Collins, American musician (deceased in 1990 )
 * 21 - John Barrasso, American politician
 * 21 - Michel Tilmant, Belgian businessman
 * 23 - Henk Kamp, Dutch politician ( VVD )
 * 23 - Steven L. Rosenhaus, American composer
 * 25 - Annet van der Hoek, Dutch politician ( PvdA )
 * 25 - Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese architect
 * 28 - Wim Meutstege, Dutch footballer
 * 28 - Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress
 * 29 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player
 * 29 - Mićun Jovanić, Croatian footballer and football coach (deceased in 2010 )
 * 30 - Lida Bond, Dutch singer include the George Baker Selection
 * August
 * 1 - Zoran Djindjic, Yugoslav politician (deceased in 2003 )
 * 2 - Alain Giresse, French footballer and football coach
 * 4 - Moya Brennan, Irish singer
 * 4 - Carlos Manuel Robles, Chilean football referee
 * 6 - Schenpenzeel, Dutch musician of the group include Kayak
 * 6 - Vinnie Vincent, American guitarist
 * 7 - Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
 * 8 - Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian writer
 * 9 - Willy Sommers, Flemish singer
 * 11 - Pedro Brugada, Spanish-Belgian cardiologist
 * 11 - Luc Provencal, Flemish comedian
 * 13 - Herb Ritts, American fashion photographer (deceased in 2002 )
 * 15 - Bernard Lacombe, French footballer and football coach
 * 17 - Nelson Piquet sr., Brazilian racing driver
 * 17 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentine tennis player
 * 18 - Patrick Swayze, American actor (deceased in 2009 )
 * 19 - André Gevers, Dutch cyclist
 * 20 - John Hiatt, American musician and songwriter
 * 21 - John Graham Mellor ( Joe Strummer ), lead singer of The Clash (deceased in 2002 )
 * 23 - Vicky Leandros, Greek-German singer
 * 23 - Santillana, Spanish footballer
 * 24 - Marion Bloem, Dutch writer
 * 28 - Serge Parsani, Italian cyclist and sports director
 * September
 * 2 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
 * 6 - Yvonne Keeley, Dutch singer
 * 9 - David A. Stewart, British guitarist ( Eurythmics )
 * 10 - Bruno Giacomelli, Italian racing driver
 * 11 - Ingrid Hoogervorst, Dutch author
 * 12 - Neil Peart, drummer for the progressive rock group Canadian Rush
 * 12 - Roger Philippi, Luxembourg football referee
 * 13 - José Ernesto Díaz, Colombian footballer (deceased in 2002 )
 * 18 - Ton Buunk, Dutch water polo
 * 19 - Nile Rodgers, American musician
 * 20 - Peter Brothers, Dutch journalist
 * 20 - Jos Geysels, Flemish politician
 * 20 - Grażyna Rabsztyn, Polish athlete
 * 21 - Marc Verwilghen, Flemish politician
 * 22 - Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai politician and governor of Bangkok
 * 22 - Orlow Seunke, Dutch film director
 * 24 - Jorge Reyes, Mexican progressive rock musician and composer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 25 - Ray Clarke, English footballer
 * 25 - Mathilde Heuing, German athlete
 * 25 - Christopher Reeve, American actor ( Superman ) (deceased in 2004 )
 * 26 - Stephen Lodge, English football referee
 * 28 - Hideki Kita, Japanese athlete
 * 28 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (deceased in 2012 )
 * 29 - Monika Zehrt East German athlete
 * 30 - Detlev Lauscher, German footballer (deceased in 2010 )
 * 30 - Annie Stiphout, Dutch athlete
 * October
 * 5 - Harold Faltermeyer, German musician
 * 6 - André van Gerven, Dutch footballer
 * 7 - Flavio Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 7 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician
 * 8 - Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician for the SP
 * 9 - Miguel Ángel Neira, Chilean footballer
 * 9 - Sharon Osbourne, wife of British rock star Ozzy
 * 10 - Siegfried Stohr, Italian racing driver
 * 10 - Janusz Sybis, Polish footballer
 * 14 - Nikolai Andrianov, Russian gymnast (deceased in 2011 )
 * 14 - Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer
 * 14 - Tony Rombouts, Belgian footballer (deceased in 1990 )
 * 15 - Vahid Halilhodžić, Bosnian footballer and football coach
 * 18 - Chuck Lorre, American writer and television producer
 * 20 - Dalia Itzik, Israeli politician and teacher
 * 21 - Brent Mydland (deceased in 1990 )
 * 22 - Jeff Goldblum, American actor
 * 23 - Hiroshi Masumura, Japanese manga artist, anime creator and artist
 * 23 - Pierre Moerlen, French musician ( Gong ) (deceased in 2005 )
 * 24 - Jan Baas, Dutch politician
 * 26 - Andrew Motion, English poet and prose writer, Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009
 * 27 - Roberto Benigni, Italian actor and director
 * 27 - Brigitte Engerer, French pianist (deceased in 2012 )
 * 27 - Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist and writer
 * 29 - Udo Schmuck, East German football player
 * November
 * 3 - Roseanne Barr, American actress
 * 3 - Evert van de Poll, Dutch theologian, pastor and editor
 * 5 - Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer and football coach
 * 7 - David Petraeus, US military
 * 8 - Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist, columnist and sports director
 * 9 - Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder and actor ( The Hulk )
 * 13 - Josip Kuže, Croatian footballer and football coach
 * 15 - Antonella Ruggiero, Italian singer
 * 15 - Randy Savage, American actor and wrestler (deceased in 2011 )
 * 16 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Director of Nintendo
 * 16 - Jim Pomeroy, American motocross rider (deceased in 2006 )
 * 17 - Ties Kruize, Dutch hockey
 * 17 - Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (deceased in 2006 )
 * 17 - Rabin Parmessar, Surinamese politician
 * 21 - Eamonn Coghlan, Irish athlete
 * 25 - Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician
 * 27 - Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist
 * 30 - Dick Schoenaker, Dutch footballer
 * December
 * 4 - Jan Rietman, Dutch musician, bandleader and radio host
 * 5 - Günther Förg, German painter, sculptor and photographer (deceased 2013 )
 * 12 - Brenton Broadstock, Australian composer
 * 15 - Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and football coach
 * 16 - Jorge Luis Pinto, Colombian soccer
 * 17 - Hans Alders, Dutch politician ( PvdA ) and director
 * 18 - Fred Vandervennet, Belgian athlete
 * 20 - Jenny Agu, British actress
 * 20 - Jakob Beks, Flemish actor
 * 21 - Lida Berkhout, Dutch athlete
 * 21 - Dennis Boutsikaris, American actor
 * 23 - Hans Abrahamsen, Danish composer
 * 25 - Desireless, French singer
 * 26 - Guy Goethals, Belgian football referee
 * 27 - David Knopfler, British musician, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of Dire Straits
 * exact date unknown
 * Nidia Bustos, Nicaraguan cultural activist and theater director
 * Pierre Muller, Swiss politician
 * Oumou Sy, Senegalese fashion designer
 * Ben Verwaayen, Dutch businessman
 * Helen Zia, American writer

Deceased [ edit ]

 * January
 * 4 - Constant Permeke (69), Flemish expressionist artist
 * 22 - Andres Luna de San Pedro (64), Filipino architect
 * 26 - Louis of Deyssel (87), Dutch writer, real name Joan Charles Louis Alberdingk Thyme
 * 28 - Thomas Hicks (77), American athlete
 * 29 - Harry Kuyten (68) Dutch graphic artist and painter
 * February
 * 1 - Otto Cornelis Adriaan van Lidth de Jeude (70), Dutch politician and engineering
 * 2 - Andre Idserda (72), Dutch painter
 * 6 - George VI (56), King of Great Britain
 * 12 - Rudolf Strnisko (70), Czech brewer and engineer
 * 16 - J. Barendregt (47), Dutch footballer
 * 19 - Knut Hamsun (92), Norwegian writer and Nobel Prize winner
 * 26 - Paul Reymer (69), Dutch politician
 * March
 * 1 - Mariano Azuela (79), Mexican writer and physician
 * 5 - Charles Scott Sherrington (94), British physiologist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 13 - Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (79), Italian Cardinal
 * 13 - Johan Nygaardsvold (62), Norwegian politician
 * 15 - Johan Hendrik Knottenbeltlaan (78), Dutch politician
 * 22 - Uncle Dave Macon (81), American singer, banjo player, songwriter and entertainer
 * 23 - Klaas Schilder (61), Dutch theologian and resistance fighter
 * April
 * 2 - Alex Benno (79), Dutch actor and filmmaker
 * 12 - Julia Cuypers (80), Belgian-Dutch actress
 * 18 - Christiaan Jacobus van Ledden Hulsebosch (75), Dutch police chemist and pharmacist
 * 20 - Benne Holwerda (42), Dutch theologian
 * 20 - Gordon Reid (28), American race car driver
 * 21 - Richard Stafford Cripps (62), British politician
 * 23 - Minus by Looi (60), Flemish writer
 * May
 * 6 - Maria Montessori (81), Italian educator and founder of the Montessori education
 * 8 - William Fox (73), American entrepreneur
 * 10 - Henricus Lamiroy (68), Belgian priest and bishop of Bruges
 * 13 - Edgar Michiels van Verduynen (66), Dutch politician
 * 17 - Ivan Ziatyk (52), Polish priest, martyr and blessed
 * June
 * 1 - John Dewey (92), American psychologist
 * 2 - Louis Saeys (64), Belgian footballer
 * 8 - Julie Marie Arpeau (71), Dutch pianist
 * 18 - Efim Bogoljubov (63), Ukrainian-German chess player
 * 24 - Lodewijk Mortelmans (84), Belgian honorary director of the Royal Flemish Conservatory
 * July
 * 2 - Henriette Bosmans (56), Dutch composer and pianist
 * 6 - Oskar Ursinus (75), German glider pioneer
 * 21 / 22 - Silvio Cator (51), Haitian athlete
 * 26 - Eva Peron (33) Evita
 * August
 * 1 - Amoene of Haersolte (62), Dutch writer
 * 31 - Jim Rigsby (29), American race car driver
 * September
 * 18 - Hippolyte Daeye (79), Flemish painter
 * 20 - Bill Schindler (43), American race car driver
 * 21 - Frank Luptow (46), American race car driver
 * 22 - Cor Ruys (63) Dutch actor, comedian and theater director
 * 29 - Fernand Demets (68), Belgian politician and governor of Brabant
 * October
 * 1 - John Langenus (60), Belgian football referee
 * 7 - Bram Evers (68), Dutch athlete
 * 10 - Mieczysław Wiśniewski (59), Polish footballer
 * 10 - Gabriel Reyes (60), Filipino archbishop
 * 25 - Sergei Bortkiewicz (75), Russian composer
 * November
 * 1 - Dixie Lee (40), U.S. actress
 * 9 - Chaim Weizmann (77), 1st president of Israel ( 1949 -1952)
 * 21 - Henriette Roland Holst (82), Dutch poet and socialist
 * 23 - Albert van Raalte (62), Dutch conductor
 * 24 - Andrzej Przeworski (52), Polish footballer
 * 26 - Sven Hedin (87), Swedish explorer
 * December
 * 1 - Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (92), Italian politician
 * 3 - Josef Frank (43), Czech-Slovak politician
 * 4 - Adriaan Alberga (65), Surinamese lawyer and politician
 * 11 - Herman Hana (78), Dutch artist
 * 14 - Jan Terpstra (64), Dutch politician
 * 20 - Fritz Förderer (64), German footballer
 * 27 - Henri Winkelman (76) Dutch commander at the time of the German invasion in 1940
 * 28 - Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (73), Queen consort of Denmark

[Weather Extremes in Belgium edit ]
Source: KMI data Uccle 1901-2003 with additions
 * January 27 : 28 cm of snow in Koksijde.
 * February 11 : 100 cm of snow in the Fens.
 * April 30 : Maximum temperature for 12 days over 20 ° C in Uccle.
 * May 1 : Maximum temperature to 27.8 ° C in Leopoldsburg.
 * July 2 : This is the hottest night of the century in Uccle, the temperature does not fall below 21.9 ° C.
 * July 3 : Hail Bulbs to 8 cm in certain places. 83 mm of rainfall in Oorderen (Antwerp)
 * July 6 : Maximum temperature to 31.7 ° C on the Baraque Michel (Jalhay) and 37.1 ° C in Rochefort and in Uccle.
 * July 8 : 32 mm of rainfall in one hour near the dam of the Gileppe (Jalhay). 6 workers drown during sudden flood of Soor.
 * August 21 : 151 mm of rainfall in one week in Thimister.
 * September 19 : Snow in the High Fens.
 * September 20 : Coldest September decade of the century in Uccle: average temperature is 10.9 ° C.
 * September 20 : Minimum south of the Sambre and Meuse: -0.9 ° C on the Baraque Michel (Jalhay) and -1.4 ° C in Rochefort.
 * November 8 : Snowing on the high plateaus of the Ardennes: between 5 and 11 cm.
 * autumn : After 1887 Autumn with lowest average temperature: 7.7 ° C (typically 10,4 ° C).

External link (video) [ edit ]

 * Polygon annual 1952 (Netherlands) (.wmv)