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• Ploon Scholten († 2021)
• Raymond M.L.A. Leenders, Maastricht († 2003)
• Gijs Ariën de Vries, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2020)
• Aaltje Mijnheer
• maria eleonora johanna (marion) van horen, helden-panningen
• henriette petronella marie (jet) maessen, baarlo
• Franciska Maria (Ciska) Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam († 2023)
• Elisabeth Maria van der Kamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Margritha Vos, Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Marijtje Bakker, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2016)

• 9-493c Ballard Eugene Fink (36), Miami,, Flevoland, Nederland
• Catharina Nobbe (78), Holte (Gem. Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina Bakker (72), Spijkdorp (Texel, NH)
• Catharina Nobbe (78), Holte, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Rox (74), Apeldoorn Gld. NL
• Cornelia Bernardina Maria Crebolder (38), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Tollenaar (0), Rhenen
• Aart Luthard (54), Amsterdam
• Apolonia Keijzer (66), Leiden
• Berend Diederik BIELEMAN (27), Holten, Gemeente Rijssen-Holten, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1948 » Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic
• 1948 » Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1948 » Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager
• 1948 » Ken James, Australian actor
• 1948 » Tihomir "Pop" Asanović, Croatian jazz-rock keyboardist and composer
• 1950 » Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
• 1951 » Andy Dalton, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
• 1953 » Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
• 1954 » Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer

• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)

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.
• February 25 » The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
• April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
• 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 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.

The temperature on November 16, 1951 was between 8.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.