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• Hans Snel, Castricum († 2010)
• Ida Nicolette Bagijn, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 2017)
• Lougina Zandbergen († 2009)
• Geesje-Grietje Pieters Feiken, Smilde
• Ad Verburgt, Bergen op Zoom († 2008)
• Dorothy (Sady) BOTMA, Elkhorn Walworth County Wisconsin U.S.A († 2017)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Auwens, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Hubert Lemaire, Ordingen, België († 2025)
• Pieter Blom, Monster († 2002)
• Agatha Maria Boon, Venhuizen († 1954)

• Albertus Lek (69), Bergen
• Abram VANDEBERG (82), Granton, Clark, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van der Sande (83), Manitowoc Rapids.Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Schipper (78), Irati,Irati,Paran√°,Brazili√´
• Adrianus Nelissen (59), Haarlem
• Anje Emmelkamp (80), Winschoten
• Clara Susan Hill (63), Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alijda Egberdina Klosters (78), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aloysius Thomas Maria Willekens (59), Sint Michielsgestel
• ADRIANUS VELLEKOOP (57), DE LIER

• 1950 » Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
• 1950 » Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter
• 1950 » Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
• 1950 » Richard Keith, American actor and drummer
• 1950 » Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1951 » Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host
• 1951 » Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer († 1987)
• 1951 » Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer
• 1951 » Treat Williams, American actor
• 1952 » Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright

• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)

• 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.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
• November 1 » Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.

The temperature on December 1, 1951 was between 2.5 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.