About the day » Wednesday August 15, 1951Calender converter

• Marie-Claire Geers, Zele, België († 1952)
• Gonnie STROEKEN († 2021)
• Antonia Maria De Louw, Oss († 1951)
• Georges Decruy, Moorslede († 2017)
• Hindrik JAGER, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1982)
• Steven Nicolaas van der Leeuw, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Donald William FORSYTHE, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Henk Kees van der Huls, Amsterdam († 1958)
• Yolande Mijnsberge († 2017)
• Steven Nicolaas van der Leeuw, Rotterdam († 1951)

• Arthur Josephus Jeuris (53), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
• Adrianus Hendricus Mesker (79), Arnhem, Nederland
• Cornelis Pierius TERPSTRA (76), Bexar County Texas U.S.A
• Antonius Feiken (50), Vledderveen, gem. Onstwedde, Gr., NL
• Burgert Konijnendijk (70), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Derk Schotkamp (72), Avereest,Overijssel,Nederland
• Berton Earl Holm Jr. (0), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Adriana Jacoba Mos (78), Scheveningen
• Teuntje Amiabel (63), Amsterdam
• Antonius Feiken (50), Vledderveen (gem. Stadskanaal)

• 1950 » Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
• 1950 » Tom Kelly, American baseball player
• 1950 » Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
• 1951 » Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
• 1951 » Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 » John Childs, English cricketer
• 1952 » Chuck Burgi, American drummer
• 1953 » Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
• 1953 » Mark Thatcher, English businessman
• 1953 » Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author

• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)

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. John
15. Jacob
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 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
• March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
• April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
• May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
• November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

The temperature on August 15, 1951 was between 8.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.