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• Ferdinand Antonius Duits, Nijmegen († 2012)
• Jennifer de Miranda († 1998)
• N N van der Struik, Meppel († 1951)
• Fredrik Johannes Beuks, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1999)
• Rachael Mae Hall, Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia, United States († 1951)
• Anne-Mieke Wierda, 's Gravenhage († 2010)
• Sylvain SEGHERS, Essene,1790,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1984)
• Maria Cornelia Josepha Morval, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Clarence Ronald "Ronnie" Newcomb, Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois († 2006)
• Ferdinand Antonius Duits, Nijmegen Gelderland Nederland († 2012)

• Arnaud Emile Karel Arnauld Gemmeke* (53), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Annette Eliza Targett (68), Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
• Daniël Baardwyk MILLECAM (65), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Eleanor Margaret Reid (50), San Francisco
• Annechien Heming (83), Borger
• Beret Johanne Mellingen (63), Håpnes, Namsskogan, Nord-Trøndelag, Norge
• Anna Louisa Müller (62), Haarlem
• Alphonse Eugene La Gordt Dillié (74), Soerabaja, Nederlands Indië
• Clasina Wilhelmina Blom (71), Delft
• Arthur Greville Penfold (63), Windsor, Berkshire, England

• 1949 » Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Richard Gere, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Rick Roberts, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
• 1951 » Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic
• 1952 » Herbert Reul, German politician
• 1952 » Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
• 1953 » György Károly, Hungarian poet and author
• 1953 » Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver
• 1953 » Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer

• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)

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 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
• February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
• March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
• March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.

The temperature on August 31, 1951 was between 10.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.