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• Sonja Hobeijn, Semarang († 2023)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1951)
• Berend Moorlag, Winschoten Oldambt Groningen Nederland († 2022)
• Clifford Leroy de Boer, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Dirk Dijkstra, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Teunis Nicolaas LAGARDE († 2009)
• Willie Johanna Ilbrink, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• Jacobus (jack) den Exter, Vlissingen, Nederland († 2005)
• Theodore Lepoutre, Canada († 2002)
• Clifford LeRoy de Boer, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2008)

• Adrtianus, Johannes Groenendijk (90), Rotterdam
• Catharina Duijn (64), Castricum, Nederland
• Dimphena Joh Snoeijs (79), Etten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Nievelstein (48), Herzogenrath, Kreis Aachen (D)
• Bertha Cordelia Olinger (71), Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
• Cornelis Simon Verlaan (70), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Ernest Mitchell (92), Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Vandamme (45), east moline, IL
• Arie Adrianus Stroop (28), Breda
• Cornelis Simon Verlaan (70), Rijswijk

• 1949 » John Craven, English economist and academic
• 1949 » Russell Smith, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2019)
• 1949 » Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1987)
• 1950 » Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director
• 1951 » Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1951 » John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1951 » Starhawk, American author and activist
• 1952 » Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1952 » Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1953 » Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1957 » J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)

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.
• February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• December 24 » Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

The temperature on June 17, 1951 was between 11.0 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.