About the day » Thursday March 22, 1951Calender converter

• Gordon Henry, North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Cock Broos († 2002)
• Maria Genoveva Happel, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Strijkveen, Olst († 1962)
• Craig L van Wyk († 1981)
• L.L. Peters Verbunt, Kerkarde (L († 1951)
• Margriet RIGTER, 's-Graveland († 2023)
• LIDE HAN BERT KARSSEN, DORDRECHT († 1980)
• Franciscus Adrianus Jozef van Vliet, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Michael Basov, Chelyabinsk, Russia († 2018)

• Anne Dijkman (50), -
• Aaltje STEGINK (72), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van van Dam (75), Moordrecht
• Arnoldus Jacobus Vermeulen (76), Amersfoort
• Adriaan van de VREDE (73), Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Smit (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Dam (75), Moordrecht
• Annie Belle House (59), Birmingham Jefferson Co., Ala, Verenigde Staten
• Allegonda Mathilda Maria (Til) Cuppen (62), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Klaassen (86), Brummen

• 1947 » George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
• 1947 » James Patterson, American author and producer
• 1947 » Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director
• 1949 » Brian Hanrahan, English journalist († 2010)
• 1949 » Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1953 » Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
• 1955 » Lena Olin, Swedish actress
• 1955 » Pete Sessions, American politician

• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)

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 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
• February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
• 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 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• July 26 » Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.

The temperature on March 22, 1951 was between 1.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.