About the day » Sunday July 22, 1951Calender converter

• Dixie Lee Whitaker († 1982)
• Rick Alan Hawley, Belmond, Wright County, Iowa († 2007)
• ABEL jr. BEISHUIZEN († 1951)
• Annette Louise Stolk, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Johannis Hendrik Bolluijt, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Toke van Kester, De Lier († 1958)
• Deborah Kay Robbins, Hampton, Iowa († 2019)
• Mark Lon Whiteley, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Annie VERMEER, voorheen : Bosch, Amsterdam († 1990)
• Chris van Wijhe, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 1985)

• Arie Paul (87)
• Albert Flokstra (72), Wolvega
• Antonia Bogers (70), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Jan Hulsegge (55), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Snijder (75), Rotterdam
• Aafke Jager (84), Tietjerksteradeel
• Antje Laverman (93), franeker
• Andrew Jacob Hohn (38), Davison County, South Dakota
• Koldenhof (63), Apeldoorn
• Bernardus Hendrikus Rabelink (78), Doetinchem

• 1948 » S. E. Hinton, American author
• 1949 » Alan Menken, American pianist and composer
• 1949 » Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer
• 1951 » J. V. Cain, American football player († 1979)
• 1951 » Patriarch Daniel of Romania
• 1951 » Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer
• 1953 » Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter
• 1954 » Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1954 » Lonette McKee, American actress and singer
• 1954 » Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician († 2016)

• 1932 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (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 Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
• 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 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
• April 22 » Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
• April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.

The temperature on July 22, 1951 was between 10.8 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.