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• Henricus van de Laar, Gemert († 1980)
• Gerrit Tol, Emmeloord († 2015)
• Debra Marie WILLIAMS, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 2001)
• Miet Tissen, Montfort, Gemeente Roerdalen, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• (Sillborn) WOLTERS, Haarlem Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1951)
• Barend Johannes Blom, Hengelo († 2014)
• Margaretha Anna Steijlen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Evert Jan Maarten Reuvers, Enschede († 1951)
• Jean-Marie BROUSSILLOU, Tourtoirac, 24 († 2008)
• Irene Costilla, Milton Center, Ohio († 2003)

• Bouwina BUIKEMA (85), Leens Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria Stol (73), Groningen (Groningen)
• Aagje Breg (87), Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Berends (73), Apeldoorn
• Cornelia Koole (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• * Gerrit van Gooswilligen (78), Boskoop
• Cornelia Koole (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Bertha Wittig (82), Wiedemar, Delitzsch, Saxony, Germany
• Anna Steenhuis (79), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Dijkman (63), Voorschoten

• 1950 » Bill Cunningham, American bass and keyboard player
• 1950 » Guida Maria, Portuguese actress († 2018)
• 1950 » Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet († 2012)
• 1950 » Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer
• 1950 » Suzanne Scotchmer, American economist and academic († 2014)
• 1951 » Chesley Sullenberger, American captain and pilot
• 1951 » Margaret Bailes, American sprinter
• 1952 » Omar Henry, South African cricketer
• 1953 » Alister McGrath, Irish priest, historian, and theologian
• 1953 » John Luther Adams, American composer

• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
• 1966 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1895)
• 1971 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)

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. John
15. Jacob
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 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
• March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
• October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
• November 1 » Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
• December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
• December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

The temperature on January 23, 1951 was between 5.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.