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• Hendrika Bultman, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Cornelis Vos († 1951)
• Rudolphus Hubertus Eduard van Lijf, Maastricht († 1999)
• Cornelis Vos, Utrecht († 1951)
• Adrianus Johannes Houwaard, Katwijk († 2016)
• Albert (Bieke) Pollenus, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• Alexander Boyen, Tienen († 2011)
• Shirley Kay Connolly, Harris County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Adrianus Johannes Houwaard, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Willem Reitsema, Zevenhuizen († 2001)

• Antonius Liket (62), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Wessel (61), Schiedam
• Anna Maria DIDDEN (58), Handzame
• Augusta Maria Charlotte Elsmann (62)
• Berend Hilferink (76), Hengelo
• Andries de Visser (60), Delft
• Anthon Hendrik Verdam (57), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Hinken (87), Hengelo
• Beiske Woldijk (66), Apeldoorn
• Abdullah de Jordanie (69), Jérusalem

• 1947 » Gerd Binnig, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 » Muse Watson, American actor and producer
• 1950 » Edward Leigh, English lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Lucille Lemay, Canadian archer
• 1951 » Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter
• 1953 » Dave Evans, Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1953 » Marcia Hines, American-Australian singer and actress
• 1953 » Thomas Friedman, American journalist and author
• 1954 » Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer
• 1954 » Moira Harris, American actress

• 1937 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)

• 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 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• 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 1 » Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
• December 24 » Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

The temperature on July 20, 1951 was between 10.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.