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• Buford Junior Luctor van Loenen, Phillipsburg KS († 1966)
• Dennie Raymond Stewart, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Cornelis Pieters († 1975)
• Edwin Robert Giezenberg, Jakarta, Djawa-Barat († 1952)
• Bruce John McCullough, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa († 1986)
• Cornelis Pieters († 1975)
• Gezina Harmina de Vries, Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada († 2018)
• Lucienne Maria Capiau, Zandbergen († 1996)
• Hendrikje de Graaf, Kolhorn († 2000)
• Gary John VanDyke, Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan) († 2007)

• Alle Sybra Eugène Rasp (56), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Olgers (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Meijering (26), Schoonebeek (Emmen)
• Andreas Josephus Jurriens (63), Boxtel
• Aartje BARTELS (76), Zandvoort, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Hendrika Burgers (59), Millingen
• Anthonius Joseph Hassing (47), Sonnega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Linde van Sprankhuizen (61), Eelde
• Cornelis Wilhelmus van Broekhoven (77), Tilburg
• Antonia Haverkamp (81)

• 1949 » Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
• 1949 » Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
• 1949 » Sib Hashian, American rock drummer († 2017)
• 1949 » Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer († 2013)
• 1951 » Richard Hunt, American Muppet performer († 1992)
• 1952 » Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach († 2012)
• 1952 » Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
• 1952 » Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
• 1952 » Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
• 1953 » Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach

• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)

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. Jacoba
13. Marianne
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 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• 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.
• September 28 » CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
• October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.
• December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.

The temperature on August 17, 1951 was between 6.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.