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• Gerrit Willem Borghuis, enter († 2012)
• William Chester Potts, Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States († 2019)
• Pieter Jan (Peter) Doornbos, delfzijl
• N.N. Bouwmeester, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Rene Hemmerle, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Wilhelmina Josephina Maria GIEZENAAR, Oerle, Gem. Veldhoven, Nrd. Brabnt, Ned
• Agnes Maria WALRAVEN, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2021)
• Denise LAMBRICHTS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 2008)
• Vegel Warren Bosch, Rock County, Minnesota († 1961)
• Phillip Allan MURFET, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2018)

• Agatha de Jong Cleijndert (93), Epe
• Cornelia Plasmans (78), Gemeente Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan Steenbakker (52), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes SCHNEIDERS (74), 's-Gravenhage (Den Haag), Province of South Holland, Netherlands
• Dirk Zeldenthuis (74), Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Catharina Hogenboom (76), Roelofarendsveen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Earl Neal Doornbos (28), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Dekkers (57), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Rijcke (76), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• (76), Wuustwezel, Provincie Antwerpen Belgie

• 1948 » Elizabeth Buchan, English author and critic
• 1948 » Joe Camilleri, Maltese-Australian singer-songwriter and saxophonist
• 1949 » Andrew Neil, Scottish journalist and academic
• 1949 » Denis O'Connor, British police officer
• 1949 » Rosalind Plowright, English soprano
• 1950 » Will Hutton, English economist and journalist
• 1951 » Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge († 2016)
• 1951 » Al Franken, American actor, screenwriter, and politician
• 1952 » Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
• 1953 » Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist

• 1935 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
• 1949 » Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1952 » John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
• 1957 » Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1964 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898)

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.
• March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
• 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 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
• May 13 » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.

The temperature on May 21, 1951 was between 6.7 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.