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• de vries e.p.h.w., zwolle († 2006)
• Leonardus Cornelis Maria van Denderen, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)
• Henri Johan Haverkamp, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Henk Rouwenhorst, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ardyth Marie Waanders, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2001)
• Maria Booren, van, Leiden, ZH, Nederland, Zh, Nderland († 1951)
• Rolf-Dietrich Rave, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
• Christiane SMETS, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2015)
• Jacoba Sophia Wilhelmina Geisterfer, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Eugène Franciscus Paap, Den Helder († 1982)

• Augusta Wilhelmina Louise Stuger (85)
• Antje Hoijting (73)
• Anésia de Lourdes Rozsanyi (59), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Alice Miranda Simpson (96), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Anna van Ommen (72), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Anna Strong (75)
• Andries Christoffel van der Bijl (68), Humansdorp (Z-A)
• Albertus Dissel (27), Korea
• Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Hitzemann (86), Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Ids Kornelis Faber (52), Sneek

• 1948 » John Bonham, English musician, songwriter and drummer († 1980)
• 1948 » Martin Hannett, English bass player, guitarist, and record producer († 1991)
• 1948 » Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Tom Berenger, American actor, film producer and television writer
• 1950 » Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
• 1950 » Gregory Harrison, American actor
• 1950 » Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment
• 1951 » Karl-Hans Riehm, German hammer thrower
• 1952 » Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1953 » Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter

• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)

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.
• January 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
• February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
• March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
• April 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
• December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.

The temperature on May 31, 1951 was between 5.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.