About the day » Tuesday August 21, 1951Calender converter

• Clara Maria Alida van der Burg, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Rimmy Oebeles Nijdam, IJlst, Gem. IJlst, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Maria Andrea Francisca Petri, Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Donald Hale Thompson, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Gerardus Cornelis van Herwijnen, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Rita KEPPENS, Merchtem, 1785, Hal-Vilvorde, Belgique
• Ad van Opstal, Baarle-Nassau († 2004)
• Michael John "Mike" Teig, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA († 1985)
• David Blaine BERGERON, Wayne Co., MI
• Willem Frederik van Vliet, Leiden († 1951)

• Andrika Schouten (61), benschop
• Anna Margaretha Ouderling (39), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Brezetta Adriana de Visser (40), Kruiningen (40jr)
• Cornelia Dirksen (27)
• Anna Evekink (83), Breda
• Carolina "Lena" Blohm (89), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Julianus Josephus de Meulemeester (70), Bergen op Zoom
• Vernooij (74), Odijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Evekink (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Margaretha Johannesd Ouderling (39), Vollenhove, ov.nld

• 1949 » Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic
• 1949 » Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
• 1950 » Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model
• 1951 » Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
• 1951 » Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
• 1951 » Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator
• 1952 » Bernadette Porter, English nun and educator
• 1952 » Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• 1952 » Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1952 » Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer

• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)

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.
• February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
• 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.
• May 13 » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
• 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.
• September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

The temperature on August 21, 1951 was between 8.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.