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• Freddy Elvira VAN PUYVELDE, Beveren-Waas († 1961)
• Sonja De Winter, Curacao
• Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Vicki ENGELKINS, Clinton, Iowa († 2022)
• Linda S. VAN DER VEEN († 2020)
• Kenneth John Sandt († 2002)
• Ali van der Wal, Sneek († 2019)
• Dirk VAN DER WAAL, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2008)
• Bras, delft († 1951)
• Wilhelmus Gerardus van der Ven, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1951)

• Aart den Hartog (85), Leerdam,Leerdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendrina Hendriks (50), Maashees, Nbr.NL
• Augustin Jules Marchal (71)
• Bartholomeus Hermanus Coesel (69), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aalbert Legemaat (74), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta van den Kieboom (63), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• A . Frederick John Sandery (68), Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
• Albert Wever (80), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Astra (76), Holland, Ottawa County
• Anna Catharina Varkevisser (70), Leiderdorp

• 1948 » Powers Boothe, American actor († 2017)
• 1950 » Charlene, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
• 1950 » Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1950 » Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1952 » Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1952 » David Lan, South African-English director and playwright
• 1952 » Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
• 1953 » Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Ted Field, American entrepreneur and race car driver

• 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Ion Antonescu, Romanian marshal and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
• 1948 » Alex Gard, Russian-American cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1952 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1960 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)

• 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.
• March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
• June 14 » UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
• December 24 » Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
• December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

The temperature on June 1, 1951 was between 7.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.