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• levenloos geboren kind († 1951)
• Geertruida Jacoba van der Zwan, Scheveningen († 2018)
• Hans Blokvoort, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2006)
• Johannes Hendricus Adrianus Maria Blokvoort, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2006)
• Gerrit Dam, Groningen († 2013)
• n.n. Zantman, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Cathy Marie Blau, Hampton, Iowa († 2018)
• Catharina Josefina Schell, Schinveld, Nederland († 2010)
• N.N. Eekhof, Amsterdam-Noord († 1951)
• Marcia M. Rogers, Iroquois, South Dakota, VS († 2018)

• Alpons Maria Joseph Meijs (47), Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adelaide Firpo (85), Oakland, Alameda County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Marie Peronille Koekebacker (74), Rotterdam
• Loots (0), Tilburg
• Antoinetta Huisman (4), Delft
• Aaltje Janssen (75), Apeldoorn
• Adrianus Jozef Oostdam (60), Noordwijkerhout
• Antje de Jong (94), Nijmegen
• Arie Barendregt (69), Rockanje
• Aartje Aartsdr van de Grijp (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1949 » Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp)
• 1949 » Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat
• 1950 » Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general
• 1950 » Jane Pauley, American journalist
• 1950 » John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1950 » Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion († 2016)
• 1951 » Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1951 » Nick Saban, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Bernard Edwards, American bass player, songwriter, and producer († 1996)
• 1952 » Joe West, American baseball umpire and actor

• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)

• 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.
• January 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
• April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
• September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
• December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

The temperature on October 31, 1951 was between 7.4 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.