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• Patrice Baudry, Roubaix, 59100, Nord, FRANCE († 2011)
• Monique Maria Hillewaere, Ieper († 2023)
• Thomas Earl Riniker († 2009)
• Karen Marie Keizer († 2018)
• Louvenia “Little” Soles ****, Horry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Rudolphine Maurice Hoogervorst, Rotterdam († 1987)
• ton zwarthoed, Edam Volendam († 1989)
• Adrianus Jacobus Anthonius Verbruggen, Breezand († 2012)
• Hendrik Booy († 2011)
• Leni De Louw, Zeeland († 1964)

• Antonie Logtenberg (84), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje Dekker (93), Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• abraham LANDMAN (64), rotterdam
• Adriana Maria van Gennip (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Jans de Jong (88), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Landman (64), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Ruijzendaal (90), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Hubertina Zweijpfenning (84), Venlo, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Gennip (80), Tilburg
• Akke Jans de Jong (88), Friesland, Netherlands

• 1950 » Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 » Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author († 1991)
• 1950 » John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1950 » Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1952 » Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
• 1953 » George Tenet, American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1953 » Mike Rann, English-Australian journalist and politician, 44th Premier of South Australia
• 1953 » Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
• 1954 » Alex English, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 » László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter

• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)

• 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.
• February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
• 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.
• May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
• November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
• December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.

The temperature on January 5, 1951 was between 1.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.