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• Levenloos van Eeghem, Sittard († 1951)
• Gijsbert Kool, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Wilhelmus Cornelus Johannes (Wim) Olierook, Wateringen, Nederland († 1999)
• "Wiel" Wilhelmus Gustaaf Elisabeth Gerardus van de Weijer, Kerkrade († 1995)
• Carla Henriëtte Zuiver, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL († 2003)
• James Larry Kittrell <KBFgINBu> "Larry", Smith County, Tennessee ql († 1981)
• Frans Antoon Josef Karel Corbeij, Thorn († 2016)
• Jean Marie Powers, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota († 2025)
• NN Mooibroek, Groningen
• Rozina Angela Maria 2 (Rosina) Krasovec, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands († 2006)

• Albertus Johannes Hendricus Hendriks (80), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina van de Kamer (66), Alkmaar
• Agathus Elzer (75), Leeuwarden, FRI, Nederland
• Catharina Pronk (84)
• Albert Schaar (87), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Pieter Knoop (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (2) Grietje Epker (81), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Maria Bakker (67), Haarlem
• Aaltje Alles Wedzinga (80), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bouwina Harmina Groeneveld (90), Delfzijl, Nederland

• 1949 » Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
• 1949 » Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1950 » Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model
• 1950 » David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
• 1950 » Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
• 1950 » Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
• 1951 » Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player
• 1951 » Brian Bilbray, American politician
• 1951 » Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1952 » Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)

• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1953 » Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)

• 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 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
• April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.

The temperature on January 28, 1951 was between 2.2 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.