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• Benoit Gilles Wivine Marie Joseph Ghislain de CARTIER d'YVES, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2010)
• Jeanne VAN AMSTEL († 2010)
• Franciscus Wilhelmus Scholten, Slagharen († 1957)
• Dirk Kalshoven († 1985)
• Ria KLUTS († 2021)
• Huig Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Yvonne Elisabeth Maria Hornman, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2019)
• Charles G. Stinson, Edmonson County, Kentucky († 1988)
• Thecla Maria Mensink († 1999)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Klaveren, Leiden († 1997)

• Bernardus van den Berg (72), Enschede, Nederland
• Catharina van Heteren (87), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Christina Johanna Platel (46), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bregtje Johannes Dijkstra (66), Zwagerveen, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adeline Maria FISHER (VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS) (80)
• Chlodwig van Stein (51), Krimmel, Salzburgerland
• Adriana POLDERMAN (0), Middelburg
• Cornelis van der Kruit (45), Schiedam
• Anje de VRIES (51), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis de Ruiter (68)

• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1949 » Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
• 1952 » Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer
• 1955 » Mark David Chapman, American murderer
• 1956 » Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist († 1995)
• 1957 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player († 1979)

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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.
• 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
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
• 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.
• September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.

The temperature on May 10, 1951 was between 7.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.