About the day » Saturday September 1, 1951Calender converter

• Lieuwkje Boukje de Jong, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2021)
• Anthonie Wijkniet († 1977)
• Willemina Wind, Terschuur († 2009)
• Dirk Knoeff, Haaksbergen
• Jan Hulshof, Wezep, Nederland († 2007)
• Maria de Jong, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Jan de Groot, Velsen († 2010)
• Marina Dina Vermerris, Nieuwdorp, ZL, NL († 2015)
• N.N. Mulders, Breda († 1951)
• Alfons Kerschot, Berendrecht, Provincie Antwerpen († 2016)

• Elisabeth van Beek (54), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Niederlande
• Elisabeth Maria Coppens (71), 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Agnes Marie Fanning (86), New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Hendrikus Johannes van Keizerswaard (45), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Albertha Johanna de Lange (57), Enschede
• Elisabeth Maria Coppens (71), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Berendina Barmentlo (70), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adah P Reed (77), Seattle, King, Washington
• Antonie Baars (66), Alkmaar
• Elisabeth van Beek (54), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1948 » Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
• 1948 » Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher († 2011)
• 1949 » Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician
• 1949 » Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1950 » Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1950 » Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
• 1950 » Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach
• 1951 » David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1998)
• 1952 » Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer
• 1953 » Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2013)

• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (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. 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. 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.
• 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 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
• April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
• April 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 1, 1951 was between 12.3 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.