About the day » Wednesday October 3, 1951Calender converter

• Trijntje Alberta Flikkema, Spijk, Bierum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands († 1978)
• Jacobus Wilhelmus Hendrikus Schoondermark, Glanerbrug († 2018)
• Nicolaas Aaij, The Netherlands, Benningbroek († 2020)
• Adriana van Raamt, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Marie Anne (Marianne) Vos, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2007)
• Levenloos Koning († 1951)
• Bernhard Colenbrander, De Wijk († 2016)
• Adriana van Raamt, Delft († 1951)
• N.N. Stoevenbeld, Overdinkel, 7586, Nederland († 1951)
• Gary Lee Rose, Fresno, Fresno County, California, United States († 2018)

• Antje Ampts (55), Ringenberg / Xanten (Dld)
• Cornelis van Manen (69), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schonk (72), Breda, Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonij Bartelink (46), Deventer
• Anna Jans Stokebrand (70), Vollenhove
• Arie Barendregt (69), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Aagtje Jacomina van Buuren (88), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Freriksen (74), Wierden
• Albert Boersma (80), Kandiyohi, Minnesota
• Dederika Willemina van der Meij (85), Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1949 » Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter
• 1949 » J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director
• 1949 » Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1950 » Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
• 1951 » Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1951 » Kathryn D. Sullivan, American geologist and astronaut
• 1951 » Keb' Mo', American blues musician and songwriter
• 1952 » Bruce Arians, American football coach
• 1952 » Gary Troup, New Zealand cricketer

• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
• 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)

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.
• March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

The temperature on October 3, 1951 was between 6.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.