Historical Events In 1951

Jun 25   1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1951 m Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada  

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   On this day in history nAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination  

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   33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa on this day in history.  

Jul 05   On this day in history dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7½ games (Giants will win pennant)  

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

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

Jul 07   In the year 1951 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60)  

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   In the year 1951 harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56  

Jul 09   In the year 1951 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   E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda on this day in history.  

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

Jul 13   In the year 1951 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   In the year 1951 citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races  

Jul 14   On this day in history sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies  

Jul 14   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history birth of talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27)  

Jan 07   In the year 1951 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   On this day in history fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69  

Jan 05   Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51 in the year 1951.  

Jan 07   Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76 in the year 1951.  

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

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 in the year 1951.  

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