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• Erris Hazeleger († 1951)
• Johanna Jacoba Maria HENGST, van den, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Jan Hendrikus Maria van Keijsteren, St. Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Albertus Hermanus (Bennie) Strijkveen, Olst († 2014)
• Frans Victor Marie MICHIELSEN, Leopoldsburg († 1951)
• Berton Earl Holm Jr., Toronto, Ontario, Canada († 1951)
• Theodorus Franciscus Maria Lintsen, Bemmel († 2004)
• Marilyn Diane Van Egmond, Lethbridge, AB, Canada († 1993)
• Jo van Keijsteren, Sint Agatha († 2011)
• Jacobus Johannes Zwaan († 1951)

• Clara Maria Hubertina SUNTJENS (74), Stembert, Luik, België
• Carolus Alphonsius Balthazar De Baerdemaeker (61), Gaasbeek
• Arthur Deblaere (54), Wingene
• Adriana Nicolasina Maria Maas (18), Waalwijk
• Allert RIEMERSMA (89), Breukelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Fokkes Scheidema (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bertus van der Laan (75), Hilversum
• Clasina Kwadijk (53), Zaandam, Nederland
• Andrew Porter McDonald (95)
• Antonius Kleinpenning (83), Almelo

• 1949 » Alan Meale, English journalist and politician
• 1949 » Mike Jackson, American basketball player
• 1950 » Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
• 1952 » Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California
• 1952 » Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
• 1952 » Faye Kellerman, American author
• 1952 » Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 » João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic
• 1953 » Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria

• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)

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 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
• April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 31, 1951 was between 14.9 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.