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• hensrik de JONGSTE, numansdorp († 1953)
• Edison Jorge Zanon, Rio Negrinho, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1983)
• Jacobus Antonius Wilhelmina Hofman, Wijchen († 1994)
• Henrica Johanna Middendorp, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Herma Rouing, Glanerbrug († 2007)
• Franciscus Josef Maria van Rooij, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Hendrik De JONGSTE, Numansdorp († 1953)
• Olga Carola Anna Puijk, Hilversum († 2002)
• "Thomas" Friedrich Joachim von Bernstorff († 1983)
• Klaas Altena († 1953)

• Anna Walraven (75), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Caroline Prince (60), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Groenewoud (76), Borculo
• Alfons Vos (49)
• Aaltjen HOLLANDER (71), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonie van Opstal (76), Breda
• Antje van Veen (78), Emmen, NL-DR
• "Karl Albrecht" Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Habsburg-Lothringen (62), Östervik, Suède
• Antje van Veen (78), Emmen
• Aloijsius Cornelius van Dongen (82), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1948 » William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter
• 1949 » Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach
• 1949 » Patrick Duffy, American actor, director, and producer
• 1949 » Stuart Rose, English businessman
• 1951 » Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1951 » Kurt Russell, American actor and producer
• 1951 » Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Barry Horne, English activist († 2001)
• 1953 » Chuck Muncie, American football player († 2013)
• 1953 » Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist († 2001)

• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)

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.
• January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
• 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 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
• April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
• September 28 » CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
• November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.

The temperature on March 17, 1951 was between 9.4 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 11.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.