About the day » Thursday April 26, 1951Calender converter

• Jannetje Wilhelmina Johanna Catharina van der Meij, Leiden († 2020)
• Martinus Johannes Schumann, Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Libbe de Vries, Hoornsterzwaag (F)
• Martina Josina Pattinama († 2006)
• Grimmius, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Busio, Oosterhout († 2003)
• Arie Goudswaard († 1971)
• Antonius Johannes Martinus van der Maat, Son en Breugel († 1952)
• José Vicente Goulart Brizola, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 2012)
• Geertruida Maria van der Horst, Haarlem († 2012)

• Grimmius (0), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Sinkeldam (60), Beemster, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Alida Feddema (78), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Romberg (60), Delft, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Josephina Prinsen (66), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Mathilde Marie (Anna Marie Mathilde) Basch (Rasch) (81), Spandau
• Andreas Zegers (82), Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Theresia Emilius Cornelis Asselbergs (77), Bergen op Zoom, Gemeente Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antoinetta Coumans (65), Eindhoven
• Benjamin F. Smith (80), home for aged patchinville pa

• 1946 » Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
• 1946 » Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
• 1946 » Ralph Coates, English international footballer († 2010)
• 1949 » Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler († 1995)
• 1951 » John Battle, English politician
• 1954 » Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
• 1954 » Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
• 1955 » Kurt Bodewig, German politician
• 1956 » Koo Stark, American actress and photographer

• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)

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.
• February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• 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.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• November 15 » Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
• December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

The temperature on April 26, 1951 was between 6.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.