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• Marianne Kolmus, Apeldoorn († 2011)
• Rob van der MEIJDEN († 2020)
• Annie Mol († 2008)
• Marietje Wijermars, Wijhe
• Jan Lindeboom († 2007)
• Pieter Versluijs, Bergen op Zoom († 2012)
• N.N. Netten, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1951)
• Maria Helena Kolmer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)
• Jannetje Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Rijk Rijksen († 2008)

• Charles Kinsey JOHNSON (65)
• Daniel Johnson Gallman (88), Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States
• Elisabeth Roffel (62), Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Schild (64), Sliedrecht
• Antoinetta Johanna van Hees (53), Spijkenisse
• Adriana Johanna Biezeveld (77), Rhoon (Rotterdam), Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rovers (85), Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• David Harrison LUCAS (75), Red Oak, IA
• Abraham Johannes Hendriks (81), Groede
• Alberta van der Linden (66), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1948 » Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1948 » Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter
• 1949 » Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• 1950 » Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
• 1950 » Rex Caldwell, American golfer
• 1951 » Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
• 1951 » Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1952 » Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco († 2017)
• 1952 » Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
• 1952 » Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician († 2014)

• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)

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 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
• May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

The temperature on May 5, 1951 was between 6.0 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.