About the day » Saturday December 8, 1951Calender converter

• Hendrikus Jacobus Bruijsten († 1991)
• Jacobus Theodorus Maria Elzinga, Geleen, Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 1971)
• Johanna Jozina Wilhelmina van Weverwijk, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 2023)
• Gerrit Johannes (Ger) Hakze, Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Netherlands († 2001)
• Maria Antonia Andrea LENSINK, Soest († 1951)
• Ernest Randall Teasley, Norton, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Alexander Wedell, Berlin, Berlin, Germany († 2001)
• Beertje Kamphorst, Ermelo († 1989)
• N.N. Thuis, Heerlen, Niederlande († 1951)
• Maria Antonia Andrea Lensink, Soest († 1951)

• Christina Maria van Sinderen (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Buitenhuis (76), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bloem (44), Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anthony Kiefer (65), Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten
• 00 Evertje Baars (80), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Martha Dijkstra (61)
• Babe Spencer (20)
• Cornelia Erven (89), Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertram James KYNASTON (73), 8 Back 68 Glover Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Andries Johannes Grundling (70), Warmwater, Calitzdorp, South Africa

• 1949 » Mary Gordon, American author, critic, and academic
• 1949 » Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1994)
• 1950 » Rick Baker, American actor and makeup artist
• 1950 » Tim Foli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1951 » Bill Bryson, American essayist, travel and science writer
• 1951 » Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Richard Desmond, English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell
• 1952 » Khaw Boon Wan, Malayan-Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health
• 1952 » Steve Atkinson, English-Hong Kong cricketer

• 1937 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896)
• 1940 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)

• 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 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• 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.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.

The temperature on December 8, 1951 was between 4.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.