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• Terrel L Penning, Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1989)
• Kenneth Gene Gilliland, Cleveland Bl, Alabama († 2005)
• Jacobus Antonius Cornelis Jospeh Van de Wee, Tilburg, Nederland († 1953)
• Mark Alan Rezendes, Santa Clara County, California († 1988)
• Dirk Pijlman († 2010)
• Friederikus Roberts, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1963)
• Mickialia Elizabeth Shytle, North Carolina († 1955)
• Karel Geelen, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Jacques de Bruycker, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2006)
• Adrianus J. Bakkum, Limmen († 2003)

• Adrianus Antonius Maria van Gorcom Gorkom (85), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anna Eises Eisma (64), Rotterdam
• Antonetta Manders (64), Wanroij
• Auke Adema (76), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Henriette Thirij (61), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arnoldus Cornelis Janssen (18), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Maria van Gorcum (85), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (Miene) Wilhelmina Hubers (70), Nijmegen, Nederland
• ALIDA CATHARINA LäGERS (76), AMSTERDAM
• Antonetta Manders (64), Wanroij, Nederland

• 1949 » Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
• 1950 » Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
• 1951 » Bruce Gary, American drummer († 2006)
• 1951 » Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 » Dennis Hayden, American actor
• 1952 » Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
• 1952 » Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
• 1953 » Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic
• 1953 » Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist

• 1938 » Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)

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 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
• 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.
• March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

The temperature on April 7, 1951 was between 4.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.