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• Adriana Cornelia van Staalduinen († 2017)
• Victoria Ann Sutterfield, Arkansas († 2012)
• Xavier Prins Murat, Casablanca, Marokko († 1951)
• Henk Luijs, Hoeven († 1998)
• G.H. Tromop († 1962)
• Wolfgang Maria Vrijheer van Thienen-Adlerflycht, Salzburg, Oostenrijk († 2007)
• Timothy Scott Perrine, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• franciscus johannes hendrikus maria verstappen, helden-panningen
• Jan Willems Westhuis († 2010)
• Guido Pieters, De Klinge († 2018)

• Andrew Josias Young (74), Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Andreas Venema (76), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Charles A Crane (71), Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, United States
• Albert Willems (82), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Eijk (59), Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Ferro (82), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Ardina Christina Ackermans (86), Vught
• Camiel Van Parys (70), Brugge, België
• Baron Andreas of Morsey-Picard (63), Wien, Wien, Austria
• Catharina de Boer (70), Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1950 » Dennis Priestley, English darts player
• 1950 » Frances Spalding, English historian and academic
• 1950 » Pierre Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer († 2007)
• 1951 » Che Rosli, Malaysian politician
• 1951 » Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist
• 1952 » Ken McEwan, South African cricketer
• 1952 » Marc Esposito, French director and screenwriter
• 1952 » Richard Egielski, American author and illustrator
• 1952 » Stewart Copeland, American drummer and songwriter

• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

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.
• January 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
• February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
• July 26 » Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
• November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

The temperature on July 16, 1951 was between 8.6 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.