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• Patricia Eleonoor Woei A Tsoi († 2023)
• Allaard Koning († 1981)
• Deniese Caron Dehm, St. Joseph's Hospital Tacoma WA (verfied birth certifcate) († 2010)
• Paulus Wilhelmus Gremmen, Helmond († 2000)
• Wilhelmus Antonius Maria Loermans, Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1953)
• Cathy Jo Dorsey, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States of America († 2009)
• Plony Broekman, Heemstede († 1987)
• NN Kiewiet, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1951)
• Guit Willem Anne Bakema, Leiderdorp († 2016)
• Annemiek Schouten († 2019)

• Christiaan Olgers (0), Weesp, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Geertruida Thijs (83), Deventer
• Albert Hans Christensen (61), Sundby, K²benhavn
• Charles Louis Thys (79), Auderghem
• Abraham Gravelijn (79), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Laurenzen (74), Nijmegen
• Catherine (Kate) Hunt (91)
• Agatha van der Mast (71), naaldwijk
• Arie Dekker (63), Broek op L'dijk
• Albert LANTINGA (51), Wehe Groningen Netherlands

• 1950 » Roland Matthes, German swimmer († 2019)
• 1951 » Butch Davis, American football player and coach
• 1951 » Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot († 1987)
• 1951 » Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter and philanthropist
• 1951 » Stephen Root, American actor
• 1951 » Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician
• 1952 » Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, 7th Deputy President of South Africa
• 1952 » David Emanuel, Welsh fashion designer
• 1952 » Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer
• 1952 » Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player

• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)

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. Jacoba
13. Marianne
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.
• January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
• March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
• March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
• April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
• April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.

The temperature on November 17, 1951 was between 8.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.