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• Hillechien Bossen, Oostwolde († 2021)
• Liesbeth Lommen, Velden († 2013)
• Steven Eugene Stafford, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa († 1951)
• Karel Hendrik van de Vooren († 1970)
• Infant Son Fuller [KB], Ahoskie, Hertford County, North Carolina († 1951)
• Jacobus Petrus de Jong, Roelofarendsveen († 2014)
• Marja Johanna Mathilda Roobeek, Alkmaar († 1951)
• Wilhelmina van Dinter, Oploo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Michael Orwood Martinez, Mill Valley, Marin, California, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Calvin Wendell Oshields, Howard, Texas († 2009)

• Amelia Bruchhauser (77)
• Arendje de Graaff (39), Haarlem, prov. Noord Holland
• Albert Wilson McClellan (95), Dime Box, Lee, Texas, United States
• Alida Jonkers (74), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Martinus WILLEMS (49), Wanroij
• Arnold Albert Van Wulfften Palthe (68), Rotterdam
• Adriana Jacoba LOS (69), Aalten, 1138, Gelderland, Nederland
• Apolonia Bakker (78), Heel en Panheel
• Albert Hillebrands Hartholt (60), Fochteloo, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Arnoldus Donders (77), Tilburg NB Netherlands

• 1950 » Mary Hart, American journalist and actress
• 1951 » Alfredo Astiz, Argentinian captain
• 1951 » Gerald Alston, American R&B singer
• 1951 » Larry Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Laura Cox, English lawyer and judge
• 1951 » Peter Suber, American philosopher and academic
• 1952 » Christie Hefner, American publisher and businesswoman
• 1952 » Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
• 1952 » Jerry Remy, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1952 » John Denny, American baseball player and coach

• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)

• 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.
• March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• June 14 » UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• October 15 » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
• November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.

The temperature on November 8, 1951 was between 7.6 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.