Page 2: Historical Events In 1951

Jan 22   In the year 1951 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom   

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

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

Jan 23   3rd Emmy Awards Alan Young Show, Alan Young &Gertrude Berg on this day in history.   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances in the year 1951.   

Jan 27   "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances in the year 1951.   

Jan 27   In the year 1951 the Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert.   

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) on this day in history.   

Jan 28   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 29   In the year 1951 "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances   

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

Jan 29   Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr) on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 01   Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history the first X-ray moving picture process demonstrated   

Feb 01   On this day in history uN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea   

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

Feb 02   In the year 1951 -35ºF (-37ºC), Greenburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)   

Feb 02   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

Feb 03   Dick Button win US skating title for 6th time on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer   

Feb 04   US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

Feb 06   "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security in the year 1951.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of gary Nairn, Australian politician   

Jan 04   In the year 1951 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   On this day in history birth of talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27)   

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   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   On this day in history athos Palma, composer, dies at 59   

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

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

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