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• Cornelis Johannes Maria Prins, Sassenheim († 2013)
• Leendert Huibertus Beuk, Dordrecht († 2007)
• Levenloos kind van Gerven, Leiden († 1951)
• Petra Marian van Niftrik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jack DeBoer, Lake Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Levenloos Geerdink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1951)
• Stillborn van Gerven-, Leiden, Nederland († 1951)
• Joke van den Berg († 2005)
• Albert Bosker, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1997)
• Gary Jasper († 1951)

• Adelia Melania Swinnen (53)
• Alzarah Ace Jinkerson (74)
• Clarisse Gevaerd (2)
• Anna Catherina Weber (93), Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Aukje ( Agnes ) Burmania (65), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan ( Usa)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth WIDDERSHOVEN (52), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Anna de Wit (74), Beesel-Reuver
• Antje Alderts Robijn (85), Leeuwarden
• aaltje van VOSKUILEN (85), rotterdam
• Derkje Mink (78), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1949 » Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist
• 1949 » Thelma Drake, American politician
• 1949 » Ulf Lundell, Swedish writer and composer
• 1950 » Gary Green, British musician
• 1950 » Jacqueline Gourault, French politician
• 1951 » Aleksey Spiridonov, Soviet footballer († 1998)
• 1951 » David Walters, American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1951 » León Gieco, Argentine folk rock singer and interpreter
• 1951 » Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer
• 1952 » John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1941 » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
• 1944 » Maria Jacobini, Italian actress (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (b. 1921)
• 1950 » Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and engineer, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Sylvia Lopez, French model and actress (b. 1933)
• 1960 » Ya'akov Cahan, Israeli writer and translator (b. 1881)

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.
• January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
• 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.
• October 15 » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
• November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

The temperature on November 20, 1951 was between 6.1 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.