Historical Events In 1951

Jan 22   In the year 1951 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom  

Jan 22   On this day in history eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 22   In the year 1951 the Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron is put under United Nations command for service off Korea  

Jan 23   In the year 1951 3rd Emmy Awards Alan Young Show, Alan Young &Gertrude Berg  

Jan 23   On this day in history 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg  

Jan 24   In the year 1951 dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns  

Jan 24   Dutch govt Drees-van Schaik resigns on this day in history.  

Jan 25   UN begins counter offensive in Korea in the year 1951.  

Jan 26   On this day in history mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame  

Jan 27   "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances in the year 1951.  

Jan 27   On this day in history "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances  

Jan 27   The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert on this day in history.  

Jan 28   In the year 1951 "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London  

Jan 28   Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Jan 29   "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances in the year 1951.  

Jan 29   James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr) on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio in the year 1951.  

Jan 30   On this day in history ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75  

Feb 01   On this day in history -50ºF (-46ºC), Gavilan NM (state record)  

Feb 01   Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed on this day in history.  

Feb 01   First telecast of atomic explosion on this day in history.  

Feb 01   The first X-ray moving picture process demonstrated on this day in history.  

Feb 01   In the year 1951 uN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea  

Feb 01   In the year 1951 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 02   On this day in history -35ºF (-37ºC), Greenburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)  

Feb 02   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 03   "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV in the year 1951.  

Feb 03   Dick Button win US skating title for 6th time in the year 1951.  

Feb 04   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer  

Feb 04   On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button  

Feb 06   In the year 1951 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84  

Feb 06   On this day in history radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security  

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Jan 02   Nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter was born in the year 1951.  

Jan 03   Frank Chikane, sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches was born in the year 1951.  

Jan 03   Gary Nairn, Australian politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972) was born in the year 1951.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of steve Arnold, English footballer  

Jan 07   Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27) was born in the year 1951.  

Jan 07   Mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1951 death of sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)  

Jan 03   Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1951 johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76  

Jan 10   Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1951.  

Jan 18   On this day in history robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41  

Jan 19   In the year 1951 constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60  

Jan 22   In the year 1951 eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71