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• Arnold Jozef Vreuls, Kerkrade,, Limburg, Nederland († 1976)
• Jan Altena († 2004)
• Levinus van de Wege, Breskens († 2011)
• Burckhard, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg († 1998)
• Ans de Wijer († 1998)
• Theodora Gerarda Josepha Joosten, Zevenaar († 1951)
• Jennigje (Jenny) Stoeten, Hardenberg († 2019)
• Agatha Frederica Maria (AGnes) van Dijk († 2019)
• Nicolaas Hendrikus (Nico) van Dijk († 2024)
• Fredericus Roberts, Maastricht († 1963)

• ALIDA CATHARINA LäGERS (76), AMSTERDAM
• Adriana Maria Kien (71), Rotterdam
• Augusta Coleta Emilia Maria Wauters (73), Hulst
• Bertha Maude Weeks (78), Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Betto Pieter BOLT (0)
• Bauke Weissenbach (77), Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Aa (77), Vlijmen, gem. Heusden, NB, Nederland
• Bernhard Verhülsdonk (78), Bönninghardt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• (Miene) Wilhelmina Hubers (70), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Anton Ferdinand Poggenbeek (55), Rotterdam

• 1949 » Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
• 1950 » Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
• 1951 » Bruce Gary, American drummer († 2006)
• 1951 » Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 » Dennis Hayden, American actor
• 1952 » Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
• 1952 » Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
• 1953 » Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic
• 1953 » Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist

• 1938 » Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)

• 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 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
• April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
• September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

The temperature on April 7, 1951 was between 4.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.