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• Fred van Beekum, Hilversum († 2014)
• Johannes Hendricus Hassing, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1951)
• Barend Johannes Blom, Hengelo († 2014)
• Florinus Christiaan de Bruin, Gellicum (Gem. Deil) (GL) († 2021)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1951)
• Levenloos geboren kind Wolters, Haarlem († 1951)
• Leendert Filippus den UIL, Giessendam († 1998)
• Lena van Dijk, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Harry Boskma, Groningen († 2015)
• Johanna Cohen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)

• Aloijsius Wilhelmus Jozef van de Vecht (1), Bunnik
• Aagje Breg (87), Edam, Edam Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van den Bos (76), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Stol (73), Groningen (Groningen)
• Arij Abram Smits (49), Rotterdam
• Bernardus Berends (73), Apeldoorn
• Adrianus Cornelis Dijkman (63), Voorschoten
• * Gerrit van Gooswilligen (78), Boskoop
• Arie BONEFAAS (67), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Stol (73), Groningen

• 1950 » Bill Cunningham, American bass and keyboard player
• 1950 » Guida Maria, Portuguese actress († 2018)
• 1950 » Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet († 2012)
• 1950 » Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer
• 1950 » Suzanne Scotchmer, American economist and academic († 2014)
• 1951 » Chesley Sullenberger, American captain and pilot
• 1951 » Margaret Bailes, American sprinter
• 1952 » Omar Henry, South African cricketer
• 1953 » Alister McGrath, Irish priest, historian, and theologian
• 1953 » John Luther Adams, American composer

• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
• 1966 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1895)
• 1971 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)

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. Jacob
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. 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 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
• February 25 » The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
• April 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
• April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• 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.

The temperature on January 23, 1951 was between 5.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.