About the day » Sunday February 18, 1951Calender converter

• Nicolaas Adrianes Maria Klavers, Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Jozephus Albertus Maria Schendzielorz, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Christine Jansen, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Michael Joseph Shannon, Belfast, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland († 2016)
• Maria Katrina (Tiny) Wolbers, Emmen († 2002)
• Franciscus Jacobus Johannes Steenvoorden, Noordwijk († 2022)
• Henk Kroek, Amsterdam († 2013)
• Frederick Joseph Teahon, Broken Bow, Custer Co., NE († 2017)
• Frederick Gerard Torn, djakarta († 2018)
• Dorothea Gertrud Maria (Dola) Meijers, Amsterdam († 2003)

• Antje van der Hoek (59), Noordbergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina Hanzen (9), Heerlen
• Anna Nicoline Petersen (75), Udby
• Bernhard Joseph Theodor Friedrich Leopold Cajus Raphael Maria ZU STOLBERG-STOLBERG (78), Fürstenberg
• Bernhardine Wilhelmine Köster (70), Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antonia van der Wenden (42), Heerenveen
• Anna Marie Pfrommer (77), Würzbach, Calw Oa, Württemberg, Dld
• Adolf Jalink (83), Apeldoorn
• Bernard de Stolberg-Stolberg (78)
• Bernhard zu STOLBERG-STOLBERG (78), Fürstenberg

• 1950 » Cristina Ferrare, American model, actress, author, and television host
• 1950 » Cybill Shepherd, American actress and singer
• 1950 » John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1950 » Nana Amba Eyiaba I, Ghanaian queen mother and advocate
• 1951 » Isabel Preysler, Filipino-Spanish journalist
• 1951 » Queen Komal of Nepal
• 1952 » Bernard Valcourt, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1952 » Juice Newton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Maurice Lucas, American basketball player and coach († 2010)
• 1952 » Randy Crawford, American jazz and R&B singer

• 1938 » David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)

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. Linda
16. Geertruida

• 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 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
• March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• May 21 » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• 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.

The temperature on February 18, 1951 was between 1.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.