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• James Dekker
• Arie de Zeeuw, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Theodorus Antonius Cents, Haarle (Hellendoorn) († 2018)
• Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Gijsberts, Sittard († 1951)
• N.N. van Zutphen, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Anne Vreugdenhil, Vijfhuizen († 1980)
• Jacobus Johannes ('Hans') van der Maarel, Delft (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Dale John SCHUDEL († 1968)
• Arendina Wilhelmina (Ineke) Geursen, Velsen († 2011)
• N.N. Deen, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• Christiaan Beugelink (46), Steenwijk
• Derk Veenhoven (69), Groningen
• Adriaan de Putter (73), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Elijah Chester Canter (47), Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aart de Boon (77), Rotterdam
• Bernard Gerard Frans MOLLE (68), Den Haag (NL/ZH)
• Arthur Lee Gaston (76)
• Derk Engelen (62), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirkje Slotemaker (78)
• Cornelius Petrus Josephus de Kort (23), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1949 » Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
• 1950 » Jane Carr, English actress
• 1950 » Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1951 » Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2007)
• 1952 » Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1952 » Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation
• 1952 » Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Herb Ritts, American photographer and director († 2002)
• 1952 » Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2007)
• 1952 » Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist

• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)

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.
• February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• October 15 » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
• October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The temperature on August 13, 1951 was between 10.1 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.