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• Helena Cornelia van der Drift, Hillegom († 2013)
• Roger Adriaens, Oostende, België († 1971)
• Cornelis Vermaat, Weesperkarspel († 1954)
• Kees Bakx, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Martina Jane Doornik Sybesma, Hollandia, West New Guinea, Indonesia († 2017)
• Seamus Eugene Heaney, Brackey, Omagh, Tyrone, Northern Ireland († 2009)
• Trijntje Noordman, Slochteren († 1958)
• N.N. Sprangers, Alphen en Riel († 1951)
• Richarda Hendrika Wilhelmina Brouwer, Soest († 1959)
• Adrianus Cornelis Jacobus Godefridus van Sterkenburg, Beusichem (Buren) (GL) († 2021)

• Sprangers, Alphen en Riel
• Aleida Agathe Stöveker (85), Gronau
• Barendina Johanna Rademakers (0), Rotterdam
• Alfons Maurice DE WOLF (56), Wetteren,9230,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abraham Hendricus Steijger (62), Delft
• Antonia Woutrina de Vaan (36), Vlijmen, Nederland
• (l.l.) Post (0)
• Anna van Haastert (48), Jakarta
• Cornelia de Visser (73), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Arend Jans Booij (85), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1949 » Eddie Hart, American sprinter
• 1949 » Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1950 » Rob Hyman, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1951 » Christian Bobin, French author and poet
• 1951 » Enda Kenny, Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1951 » Nigel Harrison, English bass player and songwriter
• 1951 » Ron Arad, Israeli architect and academic
• 1952 » Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
• 1952 » Ralph Winter, American film producer
• 1953 » Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer

• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
• 1947 » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 1947 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)

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.
• April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, 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.
• July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
• July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• 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.
• December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.

The temperature on April 24, 1951 was between 5.8 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.