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

Jun 28   "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV on this day in history.  

Jun 28   "Amos 'n' Andy" premiers on CBS TV on this day in history.  

Jun 30   In the year 1951 nAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination  

Jul 02   Bill Veeck buys St Louis Browns from Bill & Charlie DeWitt in the year 1951.  

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

Jul 03   In the year 1951 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   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   In the year 1951 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60)  

Jul 08   Yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud in the year 1951.  

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

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   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   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   On this day in history citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races  

Jul 14   Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies in the year 1951.  

Jul 14   The first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) on this day in history.  

Jul 16   On this day in history 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est)  

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   Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 5 for heavyweight belt in the year 1951.  

Jul 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1951.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1951 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   On this day in history birth of barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972)  

Jan 05   Steve Arnold, English footballer was born in the year 1951.  

Jan 07   Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host was born in the year 1951.  

Jan 02   Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) died in the year 1951.  

Jan 03   Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1951 johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76  

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 on this day in history.  

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