About the day » Saturday September 8, 1951Calender converter

• George Leroy Bieber († 2021)
• Linda Jane Rosengren, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Gerard Mombeek, Werm (Hoeselt) († 1986)
• N.N. Konijn, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Maria Anna Simon van Stijn, Lisse († 2023)
• Jacobus Pieter (Jaap) van der Plas, Nijmegen († 2003)
• Cecilia Hendrika Maria Johanna Fleuren, Nijmegen, Nederland († 2008)
• Saundra Gale Wilson, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• G. Jasperinus de Groot, Ameide (Vijfheerenlanden), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Henk Bijker († 2007)

• Dirk Jansz de Boer (85), Vlaardingen
• Elizabeth de Groot (51), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Albert Klaver (84), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Adrianus Cornelis Pieter van Holst (82), Rotterdam
• Bartholomeus van der Lelie (67), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margrieta Siegelaar (82), Zaandam (NL)
• Andreas Joannes Werner (24), Amsterdam
• Antje Kooiman (75), Den Burg
• Edward Taylor Dailey (52), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Anna Helena Maria Langhout (0), Roermond

• 1950 » Ian Davidson, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician
• 1950 » Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet
• 1951 » Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
• 1951 » John McDonnell, English politician
• 1951 » Tim Gullikson, American tennis player and coach († 1996)
• 1951 » Tom Gullikson, American tennis player and coach
• 1952 » Geoff Miller, English cricketer
• 1952 » Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » Will Lee, American bass player

• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1949 » Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
• 1954 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1904)
• 1965 » Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1965 » Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

• 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 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
• March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
• April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The temperature on September 8, 1951 was between 13.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.