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• Apolinia Maria Gijsberta de Laaf, Leiden († 1960)
• Maria Afra(Marion) Graas († 2008)
• Christiaan Johannes Koppelman, Haaksbergen († 2009)
• Anna Libbes Terpstra, Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Leslie Schindler, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Anna,Maria Ruijter de, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• José Lino Floriano, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1951)
• Saakje Hendriks Zijlstra, Oosterend, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Antonius Maria van Zutphen, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• José Mendes Fairbanks, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1951)

• Catharina Susanna Ranselaar (80), Leiden
• Aafje VENNIK (81), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beryl Hepple (24), Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia
• Arie Vuurens (73), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Carolus MERCKX (72), Kumtich, België
• Bernardus Bormans (52), Merkelbeek, LI, Netherlands
• Arie Gerrit Lode (58), Zwolle, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anne Bell (Brewer) Fuller (78), Los Angeles
• Antonius Nicolaas van de Ven (47), Eindhoven
• Adrianus de Hart (74), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1950 » Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author († 2006)
• 1951 » David Normington, English civil servant and politician
• 1951 » Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1951 » Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter († 2013)
• 1951 » Pam Dawber, American actress and producer
• 1951 » Terry McMillan, American author and screenwriter
• 1952 » Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer and photographer
• 1952 » Paul Geroski, American-English economist and academic († 2005)
• 1952 » Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach

• 1941 » Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)

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. Marianne
13. Jacoba
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.
• 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.
• March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
• 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.

The temperature on October 18, 1951 was between 4.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.