Historical Events In 1951

Jul 21   In the year 1951 dalai Lama returns to Tibet  

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

Jul 23   Henri Philippe Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1951 "Kiss Me, Kate" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 perfs  

Jul 28   Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released on this day in history.  

Jul 30   In the year 1951 e L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718  

Jul 30   In the year 1951 ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players  

Jul 31   On this day in history j of Oudshoorn, [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies  

Jul 31   Japan Airlines is established on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies in the year 1951.  

Aug 03   William H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA in the year 1951.  

Aug 05   Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg in the year 1951.  

Aug 06   Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria in the year 1951.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 11   On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52  

Aug 12   On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship  

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

Aug 14   In the year 1951 william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills  

Aug 15   Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 in the year 1951.  

Aug 16   Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63 in the year 1951.  

Aug 17   Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica in the year 1951.  

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

Aug 19   In the year 1951 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 22   In the year 1951 harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052  

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

Aug 25   In the year 1951 cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game  

Aug 26   In the year 1951 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   Nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1951 birth of alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1951 birth of steve Arnold, English footballer  

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   Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) died on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1951.  

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

Jan 07   Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18   Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Jan 19   Constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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