About the day » Sunday August 19, 1951Calender converter

• Nn Visser, Leeuwarden
• Robert Joseph Johnson, Elmira, Chemung, N.Y († 2013)
• Willy Weygers, Hasselt, België († 2008)
• Elisabeth Louise Graafsma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Rosemarie Roos († 1995)
• Mattheus Kool, Leiden († 2014)
• Miny Mulder, De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1953)
• Aantje Grietje (Ankie) Blokland, Giessen Oudenkerk († 1951)
• Marij SPEE, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 2008)
• Arnold Jay Flater, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2015)

• Berend Hekman (81), Onnen (Haren), Groningen, Nederland
• Avelino Peçanha da Silva (59), Sarapuí, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Steele Poag Hicklin [Mc 8] (83), Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina
• Arij Cornelis van der Sar (71), Zwanenburg (Haarlemmermeer), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Dussen (82), 's Gravenmoer
• Cornelia van LInstee (70), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Constantijn Julianus Hendrik Brinkhuizen (61), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Sloof (80), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Cornelia van Linstee (70), Leerdam
• Anna van Doremalen (78), Berlicum

• 1948 » Elliot Lurie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Gerald McRaney, American actor, director, and producer
• 1948 » Robert Hughes, Australian actor
• 1949 » Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop
• 1950 » Graeme Beard, Australian cricketer
• 1950 » Jennie Bond, English journalist and author
• 1951 » Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 » John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter
• 1952 » Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
• 1953 » Mary Matalin, American political consultant

• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1954 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
• 1957 » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)

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.
• March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• 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.
• November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.

The temperature on August 19, 1951 was between 11.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.