About the day » Sunday May 20, 1951Calender converter

• Carlton Jessie Todd, Horry County, South Carolina († 1999)
• Casper Johannes de Regt, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• James A Tarquin, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Ewoud Speijer († 2023)
• Lena VIAENE, Antwerpen,2000 († 2003)
• Glenda Mae de Boer
• Rose M Linhart, Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa († 2023)
• Alex Nijman († 2023)
• Petrus Johannes Hopman, Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1977)
• Leland Hermie Gerard Bassett, Alyce Hyde Hosp Malone Franklin, New York, Verenigde Staten

• Atje de Vries (61), Aengwierde
• Anne van der Wielen (78), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Lammigje Pol (25), Brunssum
• Barend van Doorn (53), Gemeente Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barend van Doorn (53), Rhenen
• Adriana Josina Karssen (60), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hendrik Willem Puts (81), Apeldoorn
• Aafie Schoonewil (61), Alkmaar(NH)
• Adrianus Laros (87), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Driftenaar (77), Rotterdam

• 1949 » Michèle Roberts, English author and poet
• 1949 » Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer († 2013)
• 1950 » Jane Parker-Smith, English organist († 2020)
• 1950 » Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1951 » Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster († 2020)
• 1951 » Mike Crapo, American lawyer and politician
• 1951 » Thomas Akers, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 1952 » Michael Wills, English politician, British Minister of Justice
• 1952 » Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer and manager

• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)

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.
• March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
• 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.
• March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
• July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.

The temperature on May 20, 1951 was between 10.6 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.