About the day » Tuesday December 11, 1951Calender converter

• Jentje Romkes Brouwer, Lollum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Andries Völlink, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1975)
• Maria Francisca Elisabeth Stolwijk, Amsterdam N.H († 2011)
• Herman Mourits Rood, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Guus Reinstra († 1999)
• Lucy Maxcine Chisolm, Holmes, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 1951)
• Ariën Cornelis Hin, Texel († 1952)
• Daniel E. Kathman, OH, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Roland Laeupple, Havre, Hill, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Jo Janssen († 2007)

• Akke van der Zande (48)
• Bertha Mae Salter Neal Neil Neel (66), Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi
• Antoinetta Magdalena van der Sande (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia de Grauw (0), Rotterdam
• Alberta Johanna Francisca Minneboo (75), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Achiel Lodewijk LION (48)
• Adriana van Staalduinen (67), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Philomena Maria Oosterlee (49), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleide Stegemerten (81), Hengelo
• Adriana van Staalduinen (67), 's-Gravenzande

• 1948 » Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer
• 1948 » Tanimura Shinji, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Christina Onassis, American-born Greek/Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress († 1988)
• 1951 » Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1951 » Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
• 1953 » Bess Armstrong, American actress
• 1954 » Brad Bryant, American golfer
• 1954 » Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1954 » Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior
• 1954 » Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer († 1999)

• 1938 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1941 » John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922)
• 1945 » Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900)

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.
• February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
• 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 December 11, 1951 was between -2.7 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.