Page 10: Historical Events In 1951

Jul 26   Netherlands ends state of war with Germany   

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

Jul 28   Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released   

Jul 30   E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718.   

Jul 30   Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players.   

Jul 31   J of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies.   

Jul 31   Japan Airlines is established   

Aug 03   Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies   

Aug 03   William H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA.   

Aug 05   Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg   

Aug 06   Typhoon floods kill 4800 in Manchuria.   

Aug 07   Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1992 kph   

Aug 09   Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation.   

Aug 11   100000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo and Ill   

Aug 11   Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

Aug 12   In this year, Babe Didrikson-Zaharias claims LPGA World Golf Championship   

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   

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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,