About the day » Saturday September 15, 1951Calender converter

• N.N. van Gageldonk, Breda († 1951)
• Piet Welling, IJsselstein († 1997)
• Aad Moor, Naaldwijk († 1993)
• Joan Hermine Davids, Hengelo († 2015)
• Johannes Petrus Calis, Laren, NHO, Nederland († 1967)
• Reino Jansma († 1998)
• Gayle Hall Townsend, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• N.N. Van der Veeke, Heerlen († 1951)
• Peter Alexander Noverraz, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Jannie Nutma, Dokkum, gem. Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2019)

• Berdina Johanna Koelewijn (80)
• abraham TERDU (82), klaaswaal
• Abraham TERDU (82), Klaaswaal
• Adrianus Cornelis Roozen (56), Breda, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN DER VALK (0), Parrega (Wûnseradiel) Friesland Netherlands
• Aart de Joode (47), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Deijns (87), Utrecht
• Cornelis de Keijzer (69), Dreischor
• Coenrad Christoffel Steyn (76), Cashel
• Arnolda Venmans (74), Sint-Oedenrode

• 1949 » Joe Barton, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
• 1950 » Rajiv Malhotra, Indian author
• 1951 » Fred Seibert, owner of Nickelodeon and Frederator Studios
• 1951 » Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1951 » Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
• 1952 » Paula Duncan, Australian actress
• 1952 » Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
• 1952 » Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)

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 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 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• April 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
• 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.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.

The temperature on September 15, 1951 was between 10.9 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.