About the day » Saturday January 20, 1951Calender converter

• Johanna de Waal, Amersfoort († 1954)
• NN Oosterveld, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1951)
• Josephine Elisabeth Gertrude WIlhelmine (Marie Jose) Féron, Sittard († 2012)
• Kuipers, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 1951)
• Frances Anne WATKINS († 1951)
• Marc Deferme, Roeselare († 1956)
• Martinus Cornelis Wilhelmus van den Heuvel, Venlo († 2005)
• Leonard Willson, Thurrock, Essex, England († 2009)
• Mark Michael Boudewijn Toen, Djakarta, ID († 2012)
• Geertje Westerhof, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)

• Albertus de Wit (69), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus van Riel (89), Loon op Zand
• Kuipers (0), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje Kuit (80), Heemskerk
• Abraham Hofman (72), Oosterwolde, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van Rijsbergen (68), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Bernardus Barend Henricus Maria Mutsaers MUTSAERTS (78), Hoogboom, Kapellen, 2950, Antwerpen, België
• Arie Bakker (80), Giessendam
• Arend Klaassens (86), Obergum, gem. Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Angenette van Hove (83), Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten

• 1948 » Nancy Kress, American author and academic
• 1949 » Göran Persson, Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1950 » Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor
• 1950 » Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger
• 1950 » William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance († 2014)
• 1951 » Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
• 1952 » John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
• 1952 » Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
• 1952 » Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 » Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender († 2019)

• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)

• 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.
• March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
• 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.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
• July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.

The temperature on January 20, 1951 was between 4.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.