About the day » Wednesday August 15, 1951Calender converter

• Ludwig Johannes Antonius Eggenhuizen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2010)
• Joke Moerman († 1968)
• Steven Nicolaas van der Leeuw, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Hindrik JAGER, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1982)
• Thomas Wilson, Cogry, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland († 1990)
• Hendricus Martinus Andreas Maria Duivenvoorde, Noordwijkerhout († 2011)
• Adriana Pieternella de Vos, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Maria Gerardus Leijtens, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2017)
• Jannie Visser († 2011)
• Lea Agusta Ludovicus Pulmans, Kasterlee († 1990)

• Christian H. Holsinger (71), Roaring Spring, Taylor Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
• Baukje Roorda- (70), Zwolle, Nederland
• Cornelis Pierius TERPSTRA (76), Bexar County Texas U.S.A
• Arie Gille (55), Mijdrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Clasina Warnaar (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Josephus Jeuris (53), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
• Daisy Lena Speer (80), Banquete, Nueces Co., Texas
• Derk Schotkamp (72), Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dina Grinwis (85), Bergen
• Anna Catharina Maria Holleman (74), Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1950 » Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
• 1950 » Tom Kelly, American baseball player
• 1950 » Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
• 1951 » Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
• 1951 » Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 » John Childs, English cricketer
• 1952 » Chuck Burgi, American drummer
• 1953 » Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
• 1953 » Mark Thatcher, English businessman
• 1953 » Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author

• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Peter
9. Petrus
10. Robert
11. Jacobus
12. Adrianus
13. Jacob
14. Hendrikus
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. Alida
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.
• January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
• January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
• 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.
• May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
• June 14 » UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• 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 August 15, 1951 was between 8.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.