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• Lizette Suykerbuyk, Overbroek († 1951)
• Henriëtte Louise Dekker, Djakarta, India († 2024)
• Catharina Froukje Werkman, St.Nicolaasga († 1995)
• Roland Heyninck, Sint-Niklaas (B), België († 1994)
• Benny Bessemans, Sint-Truiden, België († 1974)
• Henk Winters († 1997)
• Daniel André Patrick DIETEMANN, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays De La Loire, France († 2010)
• Greet Hommes Blom, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Geertruida Wilhelmina Maria Savenije, Den Haag, Nederland († 1985)
• Dean E. Schapler († 2005)

• Bauke Cornelis Gerrits Bouma (61), Harich, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Clementina Ramaut (21)
• Alphons Marie Lutz (77), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Olij (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dingeman Gerrit Hendrik Blotkamp (79), Baarn, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Johanna van den Bergh (71), Wassenaar,Gemeente Wassenaar,South Holland,Netherlands
• Augustine Mummenhoff (81)
• Cornelis van Weert (84), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Helsloot (78), Amsterdam
• Carolus Josephus Hubertus Rethans (63), Yorktown Heights, VS

• 1949 » Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric
• 1949 » Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2019)
• 1951 » Bill Whitaker, American journalist
• 1951 » Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
• 1951 » Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter († 2014)
• 1952 » Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 » Michael Jeter, American actor († 2003)
• 1952 » Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator
• 1953 » David Hurley, Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia
• 1953 » Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer

• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Peter
9. Petrus
10. Robert
11. Jacobus
12. Adrianus
13. Hendrikus
14. Jacob
15. John
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Petronella
9. Adriana
10. Hendrika
11. Margaretha
12. Marianne
13. Jacoba
14. Yvonne
15. Linda
16. Geertruida

• 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
• March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
• May 13 » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
• July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
• December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

The temperature on August 26, 1951 was between 9.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.