Historical Events In 1951

Jun 25   1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities in the year 1951.  

Jun 25   The first commercial color TV program was seen. It was a four-hour-long show presented on CBS and carried in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C. Arthur Godfrey, Faye Emerson, Sam Levenson and Ed Sullivan starred in the TV milestone. An interesting side note to this event is that the public didn’t own any color TVs at the time and CBS, itself, owned only about three dozen sets in the year 1951.  

Jun 27   M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada in the year 1951.  

Jun 28   "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV in the year 1951.  

Jun 28   "Amos 'n' Andy" premiers on CBS TV in the year 1951.  

Jun 30   NAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination on this day in history.  

Jul 02   In the year 1951 bill Veeck buys St Louis Browns from Bill & Charlie DeWitt  

Jul 02   Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jul 03   33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa in the year 1951.  

Jul 05   Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7½ games (Giants will win pennant) in the year 1951.  

Jul 05   Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ on this day in history.  

Jul 06   Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jul 07   58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60) on this day in history.  

Jul 08   In the year 1951 yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud  

Jul 09   On this day in history harry Heilmann baseball outfielder (Det), dies at 56  

Jul 09   On this day in history harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56  

Jul 09   On this day in history pres Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany  

Jul 10   Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong in the year 1951.  

Jul 10   On this day in history e L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda  

Jul 12   Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill on this day in history.  

Jul 13   On this day in history arnold Schoenberg, Austria/US composer (Verklärte Nacht), dies at 76  

Jul 14   "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances in the year 1951.  

Jul 14   Citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races in the year 1951.  

Jul 14   Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 14   The first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) in the year 1951.  

Jul 16   1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) in the year 1951.  

Jul 16   In the year 1951 novel "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger published  

Jul 17   King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I in the year 1951.  

Jul 18   Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 5 for heavyweight belt on this day in history.  

Jul 18   On this day in history uruguay accepts its constitution  

Jul 19   On this day in history max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 20   In the year 1951 abdullah Ibn Hussein Jordan's King assassinated in Jerusalem  

Jul 20   Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem in the year 1951.  

Jul 20   King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated by a Palestinian extremist while entering a mosque in the Arab sector of east Jerusalem in the year 1951.  

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Jan 02   Nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui) was born in the year 1951.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1951 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   Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) died on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69  

Jan 05   On this day in history andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51  

Jan 07   On this day in history johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76  

Jan 10   In the year 1951 athos Palma, composer, dies at 59  

Jan 18   On this day in history robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41  

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

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