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• Dirk Karel Maria Dominica Francisca Koolen, Ekeren, Antwerpen († 2021)
• Linda Rae OVERBEEK († 1992)
• Christian Longueville, Doornik († 1987)
• NN Többen, Groningen († 1951)
• Diederik Gerard Rorije, Heerde († 2005)
• Johanna Elisa van Egmond, Delft († 1999)
• Bouke Age Roorda, Wirdum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Michael John Glidwell, Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee, United States of America († 2021)
• Louis Frans Reinier (Loek) Razoux Schultz, Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Sally Elizabeth PICKUP, London, Middlesex, England († 1994)

• Benjamin Morton Gadberry (61), USA Hickman KY
• Aukje Gerrits Ferwerda (74), Huizum
• Carolina Joanna Swolfs (68), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Snoek (79), Teteringen
• Anthonie Scheepmaker (76), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Richard CORNWELL (77), New South Wales, Australia
• alexandrine GUERINEAU (70), parthenay(79)
• Achiel Rene CAMERLYNCK (82), Passendale,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Antonia Luijken (88), Rijswijk
• Clemente dos Santos Romeiro (60)

• 1950 » Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
• 1950 » Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician († 2012)
• 1950 » Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
• 1950 » Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
• 1950 » Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1951 » George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
• 1952 » Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
• 1952 » Jane Fancher, American author and illustrator
• 1952 » Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician

• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
• 1960 » Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
• 1964 » Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)

• 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 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
• February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
• 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.
• July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.

The temperature on October 24, 1951 was between 0.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.