Jun 16 People's Party founded in India

Jun 23 British diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, two soviet spies, flee to the USSR

Jun 15 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory

Jun 30 NAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination

Jun 11 Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal

Jun 14 The first commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau

Jun 25 The first commercial color TV program was seen. It was a four-hour-long show presented on CBS and carried in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C. Arthur Godfrey, Faye Emerson, Sam Levenson and Ed Sullivan starred in the TV milestone. An interesting side note to this event is that the public didn’t own any color TVs at the time and CBS, itself, owned only about three dozen sets.

Jun 23 Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage &$14M property-Kansas)

Jun 21 United States Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation awarded to 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for "extraordinary heroism and outstanding performance" at battle of Kapyong, Korea (24apr 1951)

Jun 27 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada

Jun 23 British diplomats Guy Burgess &Donald Maclean flee to USSR

Jun 28 "Amos 'n' Andy" premiers on CBS TV

Dec 27 The Crosley car was put into use by the U.S. Postal Service in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the first right-hand-drive car designed specifically for mail delivery

Dec 01 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds

Dec 04 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillippines), kills 500

Dec 09 Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany

Dec 12 First flight of helicopter with gas-turbine engine at Windsor Locks, CT, demonstrates adaptability of this engine to helicopters.

Dec 12 The Kaman K-225 helicopter, equipped with a Boeing YB-502 turbine engine, made its first flight at Windsor Locks, Conn

Dec 24 First televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor)

Dec 21 First helicopter landing aboard a hospital ship, USS Consolation.

Dec 13 Future British PM Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher

Dec 05 "Dragnet" premiers

Dec 11 Joe Dimaggio announces his baseball retirement

Dec 24 United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN

Dec 31 First battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced

Aug 06 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria

Aug 26 Canadian railways adopt the Uniform Code of Operating Rules for train operation purposes.

Aug 07 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph

Aug 17 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica

Oct 01 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated

Oct 03 Battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts

Oct 25 The Conservative Party, led by Winston Churchill, wins the General Election

Oct 24 United Nations publishes its first postage stamps

Oct 15 "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV

Oct 25 Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom

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