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• Robert Eugene (Bob) KAMERMAN, Bozeman Gallatin County Montana U.S.A († 2012)
• Janna Dotinga, Sybrandeburen († 2008)
• Joseph HONINX, Grote-Spouwen, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België († 2017)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria Janssen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1986)
• Folkert de Schiffart, Scharnegoutum (gemeente Wymbritseradeel) († 2009)
• Judy Elaine van Oort, Downey, Los Angeles County, California († 2022)
• Paul Vanbecelaere, Roeselare († 2001)
• Arendje Sonneveld, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Theodora Johanna Bakkenes, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Hendricus Bartholomeus Marie Loof, 's-Gravenhage (Den Haag) († 1972)

• Alphons van Regenmortel (74), Assenede
• Aloïs DECAESTECKER (68), Staden, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Antonius Franciscus van Hulst (54), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Caroline Henriette Christine Cremer Eindhoven (86), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Catharina Johanna Knoops (79), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie van der Glas (70), Culemborg
• Anna Maria Dymphna Huybrechts (61), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Antje Pieters Hania (78), Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bouwen Rietdijk (83), Oostvoorne, 3233, Nederland
• Aart Maliepaard (46), Rotterdam

• 1948 » Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer († 2015)
• 1949 » Frank Brunner, American illustrator
• 1949 » Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer
• 1950 » Larry Drake, American actor († 2016)
• 1951 » Vince Welnick, American keyboard player († 2006)
• 1952 » Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 » Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations († 2017)
• 1953 » Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer
• 1953 » William Petersen, American actor and producer

• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1958 » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
• 1965 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925; assassinated)
• 1967 » Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1968 » Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

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.
• 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 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
• October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The temperature on February 21, 1951 was between 1.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.