About the day » Monday October 15, 1951Calender converter

• NN Holtslag, Zutphen († 1951)
• Diana Georgette Maria WERNER, The Hague (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands) († 2018)
• Gerhard Hermann Wilbrink, Suerwold, DE († 1996)
• Calvin Duane VOS, Monroe Snohomish County Washington U.S.A († 2001)
• Gerhard Hermann Wilbrink, Suerwold (De) († 1996)
• Rosette Schuurmans, Heusden (B), België († 1990)
• Laurentius Mattheus Callixtus Zaat, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Thijs van de Mortel, Kaatsheuvel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• A.M.J.E. Montulet, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Gerhardus Antonius Marinus Swartjes († 1951)

• Adrianus Joannes Maria Daniels (68), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius van Boxtel (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendricus van Grol (56), Ermelo
• Anna de Vroom (70), Casteren
• Albert Christiaan Krijgsman (27), Busan-Zuid Korea
• Antje Vlam (79)
• Arendina Willemina Geerling (18), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Jan Broekmaat (81)
• Arnoldus Paulus van Hoek (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Vegers (54), Princehage

• 1949 » Laurie McBain, American author
• 1949 » Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV
• 1950 » Candida Royalle, American porn actress, director, and producer († 2015)
• 1951 » A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author
• 1951 » Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player, coach, and actor
• 1951 » Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
• 1951 » Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player
• 1953 » Betsy Clifford, Canadian skier
• 1953 » Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Hermann Göring, German general and politician (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 1958 » Asaf Halet Çelebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Alexander, British geologist, academic, and physicist (b. 1908)
• 1959 » Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (b. 1909)
• 1960 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (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.
• February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
• February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• 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.
• June 14 » UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.

The temperature on October 15, 1951 was between 2.5 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.