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• Hendricus Albertus Maria van Vliet, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• Louis Lee JACK, Mackay, Queensland, Australia († 1994)
• Fredrik Johannes Beuks, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1999)
• Patricia Irene (Pat) Sas, USA († 1986)
• Richard Aubrey 1951 Brown († 1962)
• Steven Gary Mulliken Pingree († 1974)
• Johannes Gabriël Maria van Haastert, Leidschendam († 1953)
• Elisabeth ENGELS, Strijen († 1953)
• Ferdinand Antonius Duits, Nijmegen Gelderland Nederland († 2012)
• Cornelis Johannes RUISENDAAL, Amsterdam († 1981)

• Ardoldus Zierikzee (Ouwerkerk) (77), Leiden
• Cornelia Jacoba Demmenie (77), Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina (Catrien) van Egmond (61), Leiden
• Beret Johanne Mellingen (63), Håpnes, Namsskogan, Nord-Trøndelag, Norge
• Carmella Bonavoglia (73), Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van der Waal (76), Rotterdam
• Erna SELMA MEYER (18)
• Daniël Baardwyk MILLECAM (65), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Eleanor Margaret Reid (50), San Francisco
• Arnoldus Zierikzee (77), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1949 » Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Richard Gere, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Rick Roberts, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
• 1951 » Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic
• 1952 » Herbert Reul, German politician
• 1952 » Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
• 1953 » György Károly, Hungarian poet and author
• 1953 » Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver
• 1953 » Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer

• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)

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. Geertruida
16. Linda

• 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 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• 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.
• July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
• October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
• November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

The temperature on August 31, 1951 was between 10.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.