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• Ardyth Marie Waanders, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2001)
• William Clark Kittrell [[K Ob-SSDI-USS]]0, Florida ac († 2000)
• Christiane SMETS, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2015)
• Jacoba Sophia Wilhelmina Geisterfer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2013)
• Robert Walter Pulliam, Crawford Long Hosp., Atlanta, Georgia († 1993)
• Emmerikus Braaksma, Emmeloord († 2001)
• Riet VERMEULEN († 1996)
• Geert VALCKX († 1959)
• Henk Rouwenhorst, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Wim van Schijndel, Esch († 2013)

• Adrianus Johannes de Gouw (73), Heusden
• Cecilia Lijten (Leijten) (86), Voorhout, Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adriaan Wisse (81), Kortgene
• Ids Kornelis Faber (52), Sneek
• Anna van Ommen (72), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Bruno Leonard BONTE (90), Moorslede
• Albertus Antonius (Bertus) Schoemaker (24), Inje, Zuid-Korea
• Antje Hoijting (73)
• Albertus Dissel (27), Korea
• Adrianus van Keulen (75), Ammerzoden

• 1948 » John Bonham, English musician, songwriter and drummer († 1980)
• 1948 » Martin Hannett, English bass player, guitarist, and record producer († 1991)
• 1948 » Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Tom Berenger, American actor, film producer and television writer
• 1950 » Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
• 1950 » Gregory Harrison, American actor
• 1950 » Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment
• 1951 » Karl-Hans Riehm, German hammer thrower
• 1952 » Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1953 » Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter

• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 1970 » Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)

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. John
15. Jacob
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 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
• March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• May 21 » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
• July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.

The temperature on May 31, 1951 was between 5.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.