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• John L. Gorter
• Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Nelis, Haarlem († 2006)
• Arnoldus Jenne Woddema, Ulrum († 2018)
• Unknown Gray, Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland († 1951)
• Hendrik Jacob van Son, Roodeschool, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Jenny Maria Coghe, Westrozebeke,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1984)
• johannes hendrikus theodorus (harry) gommans, helden-beringe
• Gaylon Wiertsema († 1999)
• Theodorus Kepers, Oud Gastel († 2005)
• Anthonius Gerardus Stephanus van Essen, Houten, Gemeente Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 2009)

• Albert Govers (66), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Tak (67), Warmenhuizen
• Anna Maria Franssen (64), Beesel, Limburg, Nederland
• Aloysius Jacxsens (80), Brugge, 8000, West Vlaanderen
• Anna Maria Theresa Kohlen (59), Venlo
• Antonia Versluis (51), Dordrecht Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus Everardus Roes (72), Megchelen (Gendringen)
• Adrianus van der kooy (83), Wassenaar
• Anna Magrita Vos (79), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alida Paulina Geertruida van Es (78), 's-Gravenhage

• 1949 » Bill Keller, American journalist
• 1949 » Philippe Starck, French interior designer
• 1950 » Gianfranco Brancatelli, Italian race car driver
• 1950 » Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver († 1982)
• 1951 » Bob Latchford, English footballer
• 1951 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and activist († 1982)
• 1952 » Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
• 1952 » R. Stevie Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor

• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)

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.
• February 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
• March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
• April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• October 15 » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
• 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 January 18, 1951 was between 5.0 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.