About the day » Tuesday December 4, 1951Calender converter

• Harmke Huisjes, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1951)
• Margriet Wassink, Katwijk († 2004)
• Paula Hubertina Barbara Bardoul, Bocholtz († 2016)
• Anna Antonia Cox, Horst
• Gezina Rena Hoven, Eenrum († 2016)
• Petronella Klukkert, Haarlemmerliede († 2016)
• Laurence Eugene Kreyche, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Roelf Schipper, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 2016)
• Peter Allen Kunze, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2013)
• Gerard van Staalduinen, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 2017)

• Akke Jacobs Pijlman (78), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Rijnberg (80), Badhoevedorp
• Aartje Van Alfen (76), Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
• Antonia Maria Fuchs (81), Amsterdam
• Antje de Boer (90), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anne Marie Wymans (81), Landen
• Aleida Wilhelmina Ormel (67), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaffien Winkelman (93), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aartje van Alfen (76), Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
• Antonia Margarteha Johanna van Ooijen (82), Den Haag

• 1947 » Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
• 1948 » Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 » Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
• 1950 » Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer
• 1951 » Gary Rossington, American guitarist
• 1951 » Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright
• 1953 » Jean-Marie Pfaff, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1953 » Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1955 » Philip Hammond, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer

• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
• 1955 » József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (b. 1882)

• 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 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
• May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
• July 26 » Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.
• 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 December 4, 1951 was between 5.0 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.