About the day » Sunday December 9, 1951Calender converter

• Robert Johnny Harris, Oneida, Clay, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Dirkje Elizabeth den Haan, Noordwijk († 1957)
• Elise Henriette Barnett († 2015)
• Eelco Johan van Ruiten, Leeuwarden († 2020)
• Elly den Haan († 1957)
• Jan Jochem Lolkes Westra, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Janet Bylsma, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Paige De Angelo, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.SA († 1977)
• Theo Somers, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Janet Bijlsma, Grand Rapids-Michigan (USA) († 1996)

• Aaltje Hooge (78), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus van Koppen (63)
• Abraham Johannes Beken (72), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Martha Harmens Dijkstra (61), Dokkum
• Abraham Johannes van der Male (66), Charlois / Rotterdam Z.H
• Annie Engeline Bokelmann (49), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Adriana Petronella Lips (38), Oudenbosch (NL)
• Anna Huizer (87), Brugge-West Vlaanderen-BE
• Antonia Heijster (36), amersfoort
• Alfons TAEYMANS (68)

• 1948 » Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
• 1948 » Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
• 1949 » Tom Kite, American golfer and architect
• 1950 » Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
• 1952 » Michael Dorn, American actor and voice artist
• 1953 » Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
• 1953 » John Malkovich, American actor and producer
• 1953 » World B. Free, American basketball player
• 1954 » Phil Bryant, American academic and politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi

• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)
• 1964 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887)

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.
• January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The temperature on December 9, 1951 was between 5.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.