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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1951.
The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Clement Attlee (Labour), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 1951: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1951?


Events

  • 01 Jul 1951 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
  • 02 Jul 1951 Bill Veeck buys St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt
  • 03 Jul 1951 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
  • 05 Jul 1951 Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.
  • 06 Jul 1951 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor
  • 07 Jul 1951 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry
  • 08 Jul 1951 Yankee Joe DiMaggio and mgr Casey Stengel feud
  • 09 Jul 1951 US President Harry Truman asks US Congress to formally end state of war with Germany.
  • 10 Jul 1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
  • 12 Jul 1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Illinois
  • 14 Jul 1951 Make a Wish closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 102 performances
  • 16 Jul 1951 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France
  • 17 Jul 1951 King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I
  • 18 Jul 1951 Uruguay accepts its constitution.
  • 19 Jul 1951 2 in the Aisle opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 performances
  • 20 Jul 1951 King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • 21 Jul 1951 Dalai Lama returns to Tibet
  • 22 Jul 1951 Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed President of Portugal
  • 26 Jul 1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
  • 28 Jul 1951 Kiss Me, Kate closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 performances
  • 30 Jul 1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players
  • 31 Jul 1951 Japan Airlines is established.
  • 04 Jul 1951 Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in July 1951?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - I'm In Love Again
  2. - Shanghai
  3. - Sweet Violets
  4. - Come On-A My House
  5. - Because of You

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in July 1951?

New York 22 by Ilka Chase

New York 22

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A novel about a woman and her lover, her Vassar College-daughter, and her publisher husband.

The Foundling by Francis Cardinal Spellman

The Foundling

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Preface: To all passers-by, and to all of the people of every faith who come to St Patrick's doors quietly to pray, I humbly dedicate this book with my heart's desire

The General Who Marched To Hell by Earl Schenck Miers

The General Who Marched To Hell

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Milestone in the American Civil War. Although it downplays the extent of the march's destruction, the article places the generals in a good context.

Return To Paradise by James A. Michener

Return To Paradise

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James A. Michener is a master of historical fiction and he revisits the scenes of Tales of the South Pacific. This Pulitzer Prize winner brought him international fame.

A Woman Called Fancy by Frank Yerby

A Woman Called Fancy

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Fancy, a 19-year-old Georgian author, wrote vintage fiction.