About the day » Monday October 8, 1951Calender converter

• John William Bolton, Santa Maria, California († 1996)
• Doeke Jan Gerard ROORDA († 1955)
• N.N. Gardien, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Machteltje Jannetje van der Ham, Mijdrecht († 2017)
• Herman Hendrikus Vos, Lonneker († 2007)
• Agnes Gerarda Junier, Gennep († 2010)
• Loes van Montfoort († 1959)
• Francine Simone, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Herman Jan Beerthuis, Hengelo († 2011)
• Janny van Mierlo, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)

• Anna Maria Agnes Janssen (46), Horst
• Aaltje Hagedoorn (79), Mussel
• Alice Barnhill (77)
• Arie Schaddelee (78), Werkendam
• Adriana KLoet (73), Breda
• Adrianus Frederik Brouwers (74), Breda
• Alfons Joannes Maria Van Roy (47), Grimbergen, Grimbergen, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Anna Margaretha Jutte (71)
• Agnes Theresia Vallen (42), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Berend GERSEN (80), Markelo, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1949 » Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer
• 1950 » Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
• 1950 » Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1951 » Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician
• 1951 » Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist
• 1951 » Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver
• 1952 » Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician
• 1952 » Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach

• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)

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. 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.
• March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• 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.
• May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
• October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.

The temperature on October 8, 1951 was between 1.3 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.