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• Johan Francis Anthony PASTORIUS, Norristown,, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Auwens, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Corrie Fokje Sloot, Arnhem, Nederland († 2010)
• Leena Egbertina Hansje Maria Oosterom († 2011)
• Bertus Kuiper, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Maria Josephina Arnolda Eligia Breij, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1953)
• Maria Josephine Arnoda Eligia Breij, Heerlen († 1953)
• Jane Caren Pfifferling, New York City, VS († 2008)
• Geesje-Grietje Pieters Feiken, Smilde
• Hans Snel, Castricum († 2010)

• Aloijsius Thomas Maria Willekens (58), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Clara Susan Hill (63), Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Kapiteijn (63), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Irene Titus (73), WASHINGTON, PA
• Adriaan van der Sande (83), Manitowoc Rapids.Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Balbina Silvestre dos Passos (69), São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Ana Bartholomei (48), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Baukje de Swart (79), Zwagerbosch, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Aloysius Thomas Maria Willekens (59), St. Michielsgestel,No, Nederland
• Cornelis Marinus Antonius van Bremen (80), Zwolle, Nederland

• 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)

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 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
• March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• May 21 » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• 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.