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• Rienk Vos, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Maria Catharina Gerarda Severens, (L)
• Abraham Kooiman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Wilhelmina Theodora Maria Seegers, Didam († 1997)
• René van ZWEEDEN, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Marian Schonewille, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Jacoba de Vries († 2021)
• Evan Rogers († 1985)
• James F Stuhr († 2001)
• Cornelia Johanna Moerenhout, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Aarnout Jacobus de Bruijne (92), Renesse
• Adriana Cornelia Dubbelman (2), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Grunsven (80), Tongelre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Schoenmakers (79), Tilburg
• Adriana Maassen van den Brink (78), Arnhem
• Adriaan Verseput (56), 's-Gravenhage
• Aldrik Wiemers Bekker (71), Leeuwarden
• Aldrik Bekker (71), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Annechien Bos (65), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adrianus Schoenmakers (79), Moergestel, NB Netherlands

• 1946 » Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1947 » Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic
• 1948 » Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1948 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer († 1992)
• 1950 » Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic († 2013)
• 1953 » Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
• 1954 » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 1956 » Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
• 1956 » Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1956 » Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician

• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Peter
9. Petrus
10. Robert
11. Jacobus
12. Adrianus
13. Jacob
14. Hendrikus
15. John
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. Alida
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.
• March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
• May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.
• December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
• December 24 » Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

The temperature on January 4, 1951 was between -1.0 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.