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• Cathy Ann Brotzman, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, United States of America († 2003)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1951)
• Willy Brône, Hasselt, België († 2019)
• michiel peter maria (miel) peeters, helden-beringe
• Helana (lLena) Arends († 1961)
• Kind Adrianus Willems, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• antonius johannes carolus (ton) peeters, helden-egchel
• Maria Alfonsa Elisabeth Ruwette († 2014)
• Luc Zonneveld, Heiloo († 2004)
• Gary Jay Baartman, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota († 2023)

• Amelia Ooms (53), Brasschaat, Vlaams Gewest, België
• Aagje Noorder (88), groningen
• Anton Christiaan Nossent (61), Warnsveld,Gemeente Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Hop (69), Alkmaar
• Aloysius Josephus Dellaert (79), IJzendijke
• Albert de Boer (72), Nieuwer-Amstel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Wilhelmina Jonker (85), Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Alouisius Reijns (80), Sint Jansteen, gem. Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• * Maarten Sonneveld (81), Vlaardingen
• Aart van Dorrestein (85), Soest

• 1949 » Bill Nighy, English actor
• 1950 » Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1950 » Gorman Thomas, American baseball player
• 1950 » Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and academic
• 1950 » Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist
• 1950 » Rajinikanth, Indian actor
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1951 » Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interior
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Cathy Rigby, American gymnast

• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)
• 1966 » Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)

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 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
• April 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
• October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
• December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
• December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

The temperature on December 12, 1951 was between -5.1 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.