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• Godi Kockelkoren, Gulpen († 1951)
• Theodora Elisabeth Marijke Somers, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gerrit Willem Praas († 2005)
• Christine Jansen, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Edwin van Holland († 1999)
• Jozephus Albertus Maria Schendzielorz, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Roberto Charles Martinus (Rob) Struikman, Den Haag, Nederland († 2018)
• Maria Katrina (Tiny) Wolbers, Emmen († 2002)
• Marnel Kockelkoren, Gulpen († 2016)
• Michael Joseph Shannon, Belfast, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland († 2016)

• Anna Maria Josephina Hanzen (9), Heerlen
• Bernhard Joseph Theodor Friedrich Leopold Cajus Raphael Maria ZU STOLBERG-STOLBERG (78), Fürstenberg
• Antje van der Hoek (59), Noordbergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• "Bernhard" Joseph Theodor Friedrich Leopold Cajus Raphael Maria zu Stolberg-Stolberg (78)
• Aaltje Aalders (56), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Barbara Bastiaens (76), Vroenhoven
• Anna Catharina Luits (43), Lommel
• Barbara Bastiaens (76), Vroenhoven, Riemst (B)
• Antje Wyberens Brouwer (79), Oudeschoot, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Wiepjes (71), Zaandam, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, NEDERLAND

• 1950 » Cristina Ferrare, American model, actress, author, and television host
• 1950 » Cybill Shepherd, American actress and singer
• 1950 » John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1950 » Nana Amba Eyiaba I, Ghanaian queen mother and advocate
• 1951 » Isabel Preysler, Filipino-Spanish journalist
• 1951 » Queen Komal of Nepal
• 1952 » Bernard Valcourt, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1952 » Juice Newton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Maurice Lucas, American basketball player and coach († 2010)
• 1952 » Randy Crawford, American jazz and R&B singer

• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)

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. John
15. Jacob
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 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
• May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
• 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.
• December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
• December 24 » Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
• December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

The temperature on February 18, 1951 was between 1.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.