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• Maria Catharina Gerarda Severens, (L)
• Evan Rogers († 1985)
• Rienk Vos, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Henk Pebesma († 2003)
• Charlotte Johanna Beljaars, Nieuw Ginneken
• Petrus Wilhelmus Maria Roovers, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Wilhelmina Theodora Maria Seegers, Didam († 1997)
• Judith Hoogervorst, Soerabaja († 1954)
• Marian Schonewille, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Marian Schonewille, Hardenberg († 2005)

• Anna Cornelia Hacquebord (68), Apeldoorn
• Aarnout Jacobus de Bruijne (92), Renesse
• Antonius Maria Stalpers (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien Jacobs Bos (65), Heerlen
• Anna Casparina Beems (72)
• Adriana Maassen van den Brink (78), Arnhem
• Adrianus Schellen (70), Loon Op Zand, Noord Braband
• Adriana Cornelia Dubbelman (2), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arah (38), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aldrik Wiemers Bekker (71), Leeuwarden

• 1946 » Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1947 » Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic
• 1948 » Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1948 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer († 1992)
• 1950 » Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic († 2013)
• 1953 » Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
• 1954 » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 1956 » Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
• 1956 » Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1956 » Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician

• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)

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.
• March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
• May 13 » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
• 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.
• June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
• October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
• November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

The temperature on January 4, 1951 was between -1.0 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.