About the day » Monday July 16, 1951Calender converter

• franciscus johannes hendrikus maria verstappen, helden-panningen
• Xavier Murat († 1951)
• Johanna Cornelia Maria Grauwmans, Breda († 1990)
• Edna Ferguson, Cairn Curran Darliston Parish of Westmoreland Jamaica West lndies († 2022)
• Wolfgang Maria Vrijheer van Thienen-Adlerflycht, Salzburg, Oostenrijk († 2007)
• Xavier Prins Murat, Casablanca, Marokko († 1951)
• Timothy Scott Perrine, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Paulo Roberto Pimenta, Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1982)
• Victoria Ann Sutterfield, Arkansas († 2012)
• Nicolaas van ZWEDEN, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• Alida Gertrude Cardinaal (90), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Witteman (80), Delft
• Aagtje de WAART (76), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Eijk (59), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Gustavus De Mol (63), Brugge, West-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Aaltje Kruger (64), Groningen
• Alida Geertruida Cardinaal (90), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amanda Elizabeth Noyes (70)
• Albert Willems (82), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charles A Crane (71), Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, United States

• 1950 » Dennis Priestley, English darts player
• 1950 » Frances Spalding, English historian and academic
• 1950 » Pierre Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer († 2007)
• 1951 » Che Rosli, Malaysian politician
• 1951 » Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist
• 1952 » Ken McEwan, South African cricketer
• 1952 » Marc Esposito, French director and screenwriter
• 1952 » Richard Egielski, American author and illustrator
• 1952 » Stewart Copeland, American drummer and songwriter

• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

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 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 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• 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.
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
• 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 July 16, 1951 was between 8.6 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.