About the day » Thursday October 4, 1951Calender converter

• Jan Pragt († 2020)
• Teuni Maria Vlietstra († 1975)
• Edwina Adan, PHL († 1973)
• Maria Margaretha Christina van Bragt († 1972)
• Craig Eugene Rindels († 1971)
• Marlies Mielekamp
• Hendrikus Gerrit Amptmeijer, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2014)
• Robert Anthony Ort, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Dwight Wooding Todd *****, Hogansville, Troup, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Renee CLOSSET

• Charles Forrest Wall (82), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Cornelia Hendrika Hoek (90), Vlaardingen
• Catharina van de Veerdonk (82), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje Theunis OOSTENBRUG (80), Nieuwolda Groningen Netherlands
• Andries Loosman (22), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernhard Tüchter (36), Uelsen Nedersaksen Deutschland
• Derk Jans van der Molen (85), Groningen, Nederland
• Corneel Alfons Wynants (76), Antwerpen (B), België
• cornelia van't ZELFDE (56), oud-alblas
• Columbus Eugene Childress (59)

• 1948 » Iain Hewitson, New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality
• 1948 » Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician
• 1949 » Armand Assante, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author
• 1952 » Anita DeFrantz, American rower and sports administrator
• 1952 » Jody Stephens, American rock drummer
• 1952 » Zinha Vaz, Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician
• 1953 » Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
• 1953 » Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

• 1935 » Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)

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. 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.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
• 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.
• 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 4, 1951 was between 6.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.