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• Neeltje Jacoba Lena Lekkerkerk, Den Haag(ZH) († 1999)
• Yvonne Albertine Visbeen, Bandjarmasin († 2019)
• Willie de Ceuninck van Capelle († 1951)
• Tineke Rodenhuis, Franeker († 2023)
• Eelke Baarsma, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1995)
• William Lester Drazy († 2010)
• Bernadetta Maria Albrica Reuzel, Deventer († 2023)
• Johannes Josephus Maria Diepstraten, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Baby Boy RALPH, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania († 1951)
• Lolkjen Simkes Vis († 1988)

• Cornelia Adela van der Ven (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• (72), Giessendam, Nederland
• Camilius Alphonsius Hermans (70), Bornem
• Charles Gideon MURRAY (73), Cape Town Western Cape South Africa
• Andries Pieters (55), Winschoten
• Cornelia Johanna van Leeuwen (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Koel (82), Almelo
• Anna Maria Bosma (74), Den Helder
• Cornelia Hendrika van Eden (91), Ede, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Kooyman (69), San Fransico, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1949 » Griselda Pollock, South African-English historian and academic
• 1950 » Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor
• 1950 » Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Sam Kekovich, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1951 » Andres Metspalu, Estonian geneticist and academic
• 1951 » Dominique Sanda, French model and actress
• 1952 » Douglas Adams, English author and playwright († 2001)
• 1953 » Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1953 » Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Interscope Records and Beats Electronics
• 1953 » László Bölöni, Romanian-Hungarian footballer and manager

• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)

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.
• 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.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• 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 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
• December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
• December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

The temperature on March 11, 1951 was between 2.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.