Historical Events In 1951

Jan 22   Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom on this day in history.  

Jan 22   Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 24   Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns in the year 1951.  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1951 uN begins counter offensive in Korea  

Jan 26   Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1951.  

Jan 27   "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1951.  

Jan 28   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

Jan 29   "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history james Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies  

Jan 29   On this day in history liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)  

Jan 30   In the year 1951 belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio  

Jan 30   Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1951 alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed  

Feb 01   First telecast of atomic explosion in the year 1951.  

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

Feb 01   UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea on this day in history.  

Feb 01   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1951.  

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

Feb 02   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1951.  

Feb 03   On this day in history "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV  

Feb 03   On this day in history dick Button win US skating title for 6th time  

Feb 04   US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer in the year 1951.  

Feb 04   In the year 1951 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button  

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

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 in the year 1951.  

Jan 02   Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Frank Chikane, sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gary Nairn, Australian politician  

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   On this day in history birth of talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27)  

Jan 07   In the year 1951 birth of mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host  

Jan 02   Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) died in the year 1951.  

Jan 03   On this day in history fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69  

Jan 05   On this day in history andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51  

Jan 07   Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76 in the year 1951.  

Jan 10   In the year 1951 athos Palma, composer, dies at 59  

Jan 18   In the year 1951 robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41  

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

Jan 22   Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1951.