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• Ineke Aggele van († 2016)
• Bruce John McCullough, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa († 1986)
• David Edward Howard, Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Cornelis Pieters († 1975)
• Steven Coody, Vienna († 2009)
• Lucienne Maria Capiau, Zandbergen († 1996)
• Buford Junior Luctor van Loenen, Phillipsburg KS († 1966)
• Bert Blokker († 1984)
• Frederik (Fred) Rausch, Scheveningen († 2009)
• Cornelis Pieters († 1975)

• Aukje Willems Miedema (86), Driesum
• Abraham van der Linde van Sprankhuizen (61), Eelde
• Berendina Burgers (58), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Hendrica Burgers (58), Millingen aan de Rijn
• Clemens Zimmer (71)
• Anna Maria Wetzels (78), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonius Joseph Hassing (47), Sonnega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Jane Mowat (78), Crows Nest Queensland Australia
• Antje Stuursma (68), Hoofddorp, gem. Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eijke, Terneuzen Nederland

• 1949 » Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
• 1949 » Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
• 1949 » Sib Hashian, American rock drummer († 2017)
• 1949 » Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer († 2013)
• 1951 » Richard Hunt, American Muppet performer († 1992)
• 1952 » Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach († 2012)
• 1952 » Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
• 1952 » Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
• 1952 » Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
• 1953 » Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach

• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)

• 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 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
• May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
• June 14 » UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• November 15 » Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
• December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

The temperature on August 17, 1951 was between 6.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.