Historical Events In 1951

Jul 21   Dalai Lama returns to Tibet on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed pres of Portugal on this day in history.  

Jul 23   On this day in history henri Philippe Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies  

Jul 25   L Boyer discovers asteroid #1714 Sy on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1951 netherlands ends state of war with Germany  

Jul 28   "Kiss Me, Kate" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 perfs in the year 1951.  

Jul 28   In the year 1951 walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released  

Jul 30   E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718 in the year 1951.  

Jul 30   On this day in history ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players  

Jul 31   In the year 1951 j of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies  

Jul 31   On this day in history japan Airlines is established.  

Aug 03   In the year 1951 neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies  

Aug 03   In the year 1951 william H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA  

Aug 05   On this day in history armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg  

Aug 06   Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria on this day in history.  

Aug 07   In the year 1951 douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph  

Aug 09   Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation in the year 1951.  

Aug 11   100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill in the year 1951.  

Aug 11   Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship in the year 1951.  

Aug 13   Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract in the year 1951.  

Aug 14   William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on this day in history.  

Aug 15   Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Aug 17   In the year 1951 hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica  

Aug 18   On this day in history cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth  

Aug 19   On this day in history bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit  

Aug 21   On this day in history (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45  

Aug 22   Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 on this day in history.  

Aug 24   In the year 1951 bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on  

Aug 25   Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game in the year 1951.  

Aug 26   On this day in history canadian railways adopt the Uniform Code of Operating Rules for train operation purposes.  

Aug 26   In the year 1951 jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart  

Aug 28   Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1951 birth of nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui)  

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 in the year 1951.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972)  

Jan 05   Steve Arnold, English footballer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1951 fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69  

Jan 05   In the year 1951 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   Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1951.  

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

Jan 19   Constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1951.  

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