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• Elisabeth Petronella van Erven, Goirle († 2002)
• Herman Jozef Huis in 't Veld, Borne, Nederland († 1974)
• Bert Lustig († 2022)
• Herman Jozef Maria Huis in het Veld, Borne, Nederland († 1974)
• Jan-Marian van Wijk, Vuren (GL) († 1983)
• Maria (Marietje) (Scholte Albers) Valke, Emmen, Nederland († 2009)
• Mary Arentsen, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2022)
• Jorge van Oordt Bernós, Lima, Peru († 1956)
• Hermanus van Scherrenburg, Oosterbeek († 1998)
• Pieter Adrianus Noordegraaf, Zwolle († 1951)

• Anna Geertruida Willemina Oosterhoff (84), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Lindhout (54), Bolnes
• Anna Maria Megens (52), Grave
• Carolus Ludovicus (Charles) CASTELEIN (80), Koekelare
• Carl Ambrose McConwell (43), Havre, Hill County, Montana
• Arthur Henry M G Kolb (46), Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Koning (41), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Verheijen (89), Etten-Leur
• Catharina Boone (90), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen de Boer (78), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland

• 1948 » Bill Campbell, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author
• 1949 » Ted Simmons, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 » James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host
• 1951 » Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
• 1952 » Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
• 1953 » Jean Tirole, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
• 1953 » Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer
• 1954 » Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach

• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

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. John
15. Jacob
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.
• January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
• 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 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
• March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
• April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
• December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.

The temperature on August 9, 1951 was between 13.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 30.1 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.