About the day » Tuesday May 22, 1951Calender converter

• Mark Homer van der Stouwe, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2024)
• Antje Wietske Bos, Termunten († 2019)
• Blanche Ellen Joan Remeeus, Batavia/Jakarta, Java, Indonesië
• Geertje Bergkamp, Diemen, Nederland
• Drk Nicolaas Kramer Freher († 2009)
• Nelly Versteegen, America,, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Carol Ann Uebelhor, China Lake, Kern County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Henriette Adriane (Henny) Dade, amsterdam, Nederland († 1961)
• Dirk Nicolaas Kramer Freher († 2009)
• James Robert Sluis, Alto, Kent County, Michigan († 2013)

• Anton Joseph Sciaroni (68), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Nederland
• Alberic Philibertus Buysse (70), Zuiddorpe
• Anthonius Cornelis Verhees (78), Oud-Vossemeer, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Johanna van Kuijk (79), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barend Cornelis Post (79), Heerenveen
• Anna Johanna van KUIJK (79), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amand Arthur Auguste HAYNAU (74), Dunkerque, 59183, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Albert de Vries (64), Steenwijkerwold
• Adrianus Johannes Scholtes (68), Kwintsheul
• Anna Johanna van Kuijk (79), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1948 » Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter
• 1948 » Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver
• 1949 » Cheryl Campbell, English actress
• 1949 » Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat
• 1950 » Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1953 » Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1953 » François Bon, French writer
• 1953 » Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1954 » Barbara May Cameron, Native American human rights activist († 2002)
• 1954 » Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

• 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 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
• February 25 » The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
• March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• March 15 » Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
• July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• December 24 » Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

The temperature on May 22, 1951 was between 3.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.