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• Peter Crooijmans, Bakel († 1971)
• Jan Komduur, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Geertje Schaafsma († 1980)
• Maria van Londen, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Jantje Johanna Wiltjer (Jannie), Groningen
• Afra Wagenaar, Blokker, North Holland, Netherlands († 1972)
• Antje Roelevink, Djakarta († 2013)
• Sidney Paul Kuper, fortasse, somewhere in SD († 1978)
• Wilhelmus Theodorus van den Broeke († 2017)
• Romeijn, Haarlem († 1999)

• Arij Gerhard Rudolf ter Höfte (71), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bastiana Johanna van Vliet (78), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Josephus Cornelis Smits (57), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Hooglander (70), Ouwerkerk
• Alphonsus Adrianus van Asten (72), Tilburg
• Asa Albert CANTER (86), New Boston, Scioto Co., OH., Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria van der Heijden (63), Eindhoven
• Adriaan Hooglander (70), Ouwerkerk, ZL
• Alphonsus Adrianus van Asten (72)
• Berendina Roelfina Stubbe (60), Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1948 » Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
• 1948 » Michel Parizeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » Patty Pravo, Italian singer
• 1949 » Tony Cragg, English sculptor
• 1952 » Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » Robert Clark, American author
• 1952 » Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress
• 1953 » Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1953 » Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting († 2017)

• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
• 1948 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
• 1953 » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)

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 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
• November 1 » Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
• December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
• December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

The temperature on April 9, 1951 was between 3.3 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.