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• Christopher James KEEN († 1995)
• Pieter Klaasen Westerhuis, Groningen († 2015)
• NN Reesink, Brummen († 1951)
• Gary Duane Rafdal, fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN († 1954)
• Hendrina Schram, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Antoon Geert Post, Leeuwarden († 2010)
• N.N. Altena, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1951)
• Jan Kroesen, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Aapko Geert Antonius Sportel, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands († 2022)
• Johannes Petrus Delemarre, Grosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)

• Antonius Komac, Sint-Truiden, België
• Albert Rusch (84), Hilversum
• daniel theijn (69), den haag
• Cornelia Moerman (64), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Dekker
• Anna Maria Clasina Arends (66), 's-Gravenhage
• ARIE VAN DER SAR (78), NAALDWIJK
• Barteld Hendrik Blankenberg (62)
• Bernardus Johannes Christiaanse (76), Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Juurlink (68), Eindhoven

• 1949 » Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist († 2020)
• 1950 » Anne Phillips, English theorist and academic
• 1950 » Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
• 1950 » Jonathan Evans, Welsh lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1951 » Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
• 1951 » Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1951 » Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag († 2017)
• 1951 » Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 » Gary Bettman, American commissioner of the National Hockey League

• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1947 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
• 1948 » Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
• 1948 » Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)

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 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
• 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 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.
• June 14 » UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.

The temperature on June 2, 1951 was between 8.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.