About the day » Wednesday August 8, 1951Calender converter

• Nn Bekink, Groningen († 1951)
• Carl Duane Brown († 1968)
• Janny Haan († 1982)
• Monica Augustinus Johannes Petronella Schrover, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1951)
• Gerardus Antonius Maria Bexkens, Tienray, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Sandra Jean PANCRATZ, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Aly Lassche († 2000)
• Johannes Maria (Jan) Praag, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Randy Greenfield († 2014)
• Aaltje Lassche, Vollenhove († 2000)

• Catharina Hubertina Munnecom (84), Echt, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Vos (42), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelia van Hoogdalem (76)
• Cornelis Gregorius Antonius Maria Schutte (1), Raalte, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Kramer (86), Hengelo
• Constantia Clementina Van den Eynde (78), Kerksken
• Euphemie St Jarre (84), Baker-Brook, New Brunswick, Canada
• Aartje Ruizendaal (61), Bunschoten
• Auguste Charles CASTELEYN (75), Gouffre de Paridac (FRA)
• Bastiaan de Heer (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1950 » Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
• 1950 » Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
• 1951 » Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1951 » Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt († 2019)
• 1951 » Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer
• 1951 » Randy Shilts, American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1952 » Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
• 1952 » Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author

• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
• 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)

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 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• 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.
• May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
• October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
• November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.

The temperature on August 8, 1951 was between 12.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.