About the day » Saturday August 18, 1951Calender converter

• Cuppen († 2000)
• W.M.W.J Coehorst, Tilburg († 2020)
• Hennie LUBBE († 1995)
• Jacobus Willem Clements, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2022)
• Levenloos Kuijs, Castricum († 1951)
• Liliane D'Houst, Eeklo († 1971)
• Lijdia Koelewijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Agatha Alida Maria van Haastert, Zoetermeer († 2003)
• Hendrik Koopman, Sneek
• <Infant Daughter> Harper († 1951)

• Bouwina Brust (88), Groningen
• Arend Wemmenhove (62), Kampen, Nederland
• Abel Perdon (62), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Abel Perdon (62), Hoogezand-Sappemeer
• Arend de Smit (63), Hengelo
• Antonius Arnoldus Albertus Siebers (79), Grave
• Albert Kromkamp (85), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend de Smidt (63), Hengelo
• Alida Johanna Koldenhof (80), Salt Lake City,Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham de Braconier (69), Deventer, Nederland

• 1948 » James Jones, English bishop
• 1948 » John Scarlett, English intelligence officer
• 1949 » Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 » Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor
• 1952 » Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer († 2009)
• 1952 » Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1953 » Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician
• 1953 » Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter († 2010)
• 1954 » Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician

• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1979 » Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (b. 1913)

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. 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 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
• September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• 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.
• November 15 » Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.

The temperature on August 18, 1951 was between 11.7 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.