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• Connie Lynn Cowsert, Gary, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Stewart Boyd BLAIR († 2021)
• Mary Lorene Stroo, Sheboygan, Wis. U.S.A († 1977)
• Alan Stewart Mc Gillivray († 1970)
• Teunis Cornelis van den Dool, Chatham, Ontario, Canada († 2016)
• Gene Martin Hernasteel, Michigan († 1989)
• Gregg Carlton Moore, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Pieternella Bastiaantje Koppenol, Hellevoetsluis († 1954)
• Marta Johanna Hup, Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)
• Geert Schepel, Amsterdam († 2010)

• Elisabeth Mchenry (86), Crows Nest, Sydney NSW Australia
• Cornelis van den Bemd (46)
• EMILY (Leigh) SOPHIA DAWSON (67), Smallfields Nr. Redhill Surrey
• Cornelis Gielen (82), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsius Verhoeven (67), Westdorpe
• Daniël van Stigt Thans (51), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend de Vries (90), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Carolus Ludovicus Julliams (77), Oorderen
• Anthonia Johanna Verduijn (76), Alphen aan de Rijn (ZH, NLD)
• Aart van de Lagemaat (59), Utrecht

• 1948 » Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » John de Lancie, American actor
• 1949 » Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1949 » Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
• 1950 » Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter
• 1950 » William Hurt, American actor
• 1951 » Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » David Greenaway, English economist and academic
• 1952 » Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver
• 1953 » Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter

• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)

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 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
• February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
• April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
• 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.
• December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

The temperature on March 20, 1951 was between -0.1 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.