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• Jan Hooites, Peelo (Assen) († 1997)
• Petrus Maas, Halsteren, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Beatrijs Cornelia Maria Vekemans, Helmond († 1952)
• Vicky Hoffman, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2018)
• Anna Jacoba Sturm, Biggekerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Floyd Wilbur Fuller, Penna, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1962)
• Jacobus Harms, Velsen
• Cornelis Griffioen, Baambrugge († 1953)
• Brian Robert Kennedy, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Lydie Hucik, Salas, Tsjechie († 2012)

• van der Vaart (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Antonius Dibbets (Dibbits) (85), Nijmegen
• Aaltje van de Stouwe (67), Zwolle
• Bastiaan van DALEN (83), Rotterdam
• Cornelis van Oirschot (82), Venlo, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Carrie J Jacobs (78), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Caspar Sijlvester Bollen (67), Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Adrianus Roovers (85), Breda
• Elijah V Tison (91)
• Bonne Bekkema (64), Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland

• 1947 » Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer
• 1948 » Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge, United States Supreme Court Justice
• 1949 » Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1949 » Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
• 1951 » Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
• 1951 » Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
• 1951 » Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician
• 1953 » Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and current President of Armenia
• 1955 » Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1955 » Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician

• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)

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.
• March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
• September 28 » CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
• November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.

The temperature on June 23, 1951 was between 13.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.