Page 9: Historical Events In 1951

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

Jun 25   In the year 1951 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.   

Jun 27   On this day in history m Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada   

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

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

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   In the year 1951 earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75   

Jul 03   On this day in history 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa   

Jul 05   Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7½ games (Giants will win pennant) on this day in history.   

Jul 05   In the year 1951 junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ   

Jul 06   Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1951.   

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

Jul 08   On this day in history yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud   

Jul 09   Harry Heilmann baseball outfielder (Det), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56 in the year 1951.   

Jul 09   Pres Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany in the year 1951.   

Jul 10   On this day in history armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong   

Jul 10   E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda on this day in history.   

Jul 12   In the year 1951 mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill   

Jul 13   Arnold Schoenberg, Austria/US composer (Verklärte Nacht), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jul 14   On this day in history "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances   

Jul 14   Citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races on this day in history.   

Jul 14   In the year 1951 sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies   

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

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

Jul 16   Novel "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger published in the year 1951.   

Jul 17   On this day in history king Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I   

Jul 18   In the year 1951 jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 5 for heavyweight belt   

Jul 18   In the year 1951 uruguay accepts its constitution   

Jul 19   Max Ettinger, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1951.   

Jul 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui)   

Jan 02   Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter was born in the year 1951.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of frank Chikane, sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of gary Nairn, Australian politician   

Jan 04   Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972) was born on this day in history.   

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   Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) died in the year 1951.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1951 johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76   

Jan 10   On this day in history athos Palma, composer, dies at 59   

Jan 18   Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 in the year 1951.   

Jan 19   In the year 1951 constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60   

Jan 22   On this day in history eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71