About the day » Monday August 20, 1951Calender converter

• Marius Opperman († 2009)
• Christiaan van Voorthuizen († 2010)
• Andre Van Der Wal, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Greta Lagarde, Soerabaja-Indonesie († 2014)
• Joel Edward Kelley, Anderson Co., Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Hendrina Wismans, Venlo, Li.NL. (Zkh) († 1952)
• Lois Faye Heeren († 1951)
• Margaretha Barendina van Mildert, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1952)
• NN van den Meerendonk, Rotterdam
• Barbara Elaine Peavy, Vienna, Dooly, Georgia († 2018)

• Bernardina Gerdina Gerrits (81), Broek / Voorst Gelderland Nederland
• Anna Theresia Stroeve (84), Kampen
• Anna Theresia Jacobusd Stroeve (84), Kampen, ov.nld
• Adriana Helsdingen (57), Utrecht
• Clara Agnes Cornelie (Clara) Zuur (76), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Cornelia Schraag (50), Alkmaar
• Berendina Maria Velthuis (77), Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
• Alardus de Vries (84), Steenwijkerwold
• Catharina Kools (72), Breda
• Anna van der Velde (56), Utrecht

• 1949 » Nikolas Asimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)
• 1949 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer († 1986)
• 1951 » DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey
• 1952 » Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1952 » John Emburey, English cricketer and coach
• 1952 » John Hiatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Ric Menello, American director and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1953 » Gerry Bertier, American football player († 1981)
• 1953 » Mike Jackson, American politician
• 1953 » Peter Horton, American actor and director

• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
• 1951 » İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)

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.
• January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
• February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
• March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• July 26 » Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
• September 28 » CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
• October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.

The temperature on August 20, 1951 was between 10.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.