Page 10: Historical Events In 1951

Aug 13   Great-Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract.   

Aug 14   William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills.   

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

Aug 16   Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63.   

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

Aug 18   Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth.   

Aug 19   Bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit.   

Aug 21   (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45   

Aug 22   Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75052   

Aug 24   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   

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

Aug 26   Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart   

Aug 28   Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50000   

Aug 28   Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32   

Aug 30   US and Philippines sign mutual defense pact.   

Aug 31   1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf   

Sep 01   US, Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty   

Sep 01   Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38   

Sep 02   Australia, NZ and US sign ANZUS-pact.   

Sep 02   Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161, equipped with HRS-1s, arrived Pusan, Korea.   

Sep 03   Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies.   

Sep 03   The soap opera Search for Tomorrow debuts on CBS-TV.   

Sep 03   TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS   

Sep 04   1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Truman   

Sep 04   NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network.   

Sep 04   The inaugural transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Truman.   

Sep 05   65th US Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64).   

Sep 07   Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights, Sudan), dies at 31.   

Sep 08   Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco.   

Sep 08   Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)   

Sep 08   Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed   

Sep 09   1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV.   

Sep 09   Cecil Gray, composer, dies at 56.   

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Jan 02   Nadia cassini: [gianna lou muller], woodstock ny, model (oui)   

Jan 02   Alexander pogrebinsky: Russian painter   

Jan 03   Frank chikane: Sec-gen of s afr council of churches   

Jan 03   Gary nairn: Australian politician   

Jan 04   Barbara ann cochran: Claremont nh, slalom skier (olympic-gold-1972)   

Jan 05   Steve arnold: English footballer   

Jan 07   Talgat amangeldyyevich musabayev: Russian mjr/cosmonaut (tm-19, tm-27)   

Jan 07   Mike ward: Democratic congressman for kentucky & radio talk show host   

Jan 02   Sir william campion: Governor of western australia (b. 1870)   

Jan 03   Fred barlow: Composer,    

Jan 05   Andrei p platonov: Russian author (prok, kotlovan),    

Jan 07   Johanna c h "nelly" bodenheim: Painter (luilekkerland),    

Jan 10   Athos palma: Composer,   

Jan 18   Robert mark: Us chairman (caste world congress),    

Jan 19   Constantin nottara: Composer,   

Jan 22   Eastwood lane: Composer,