January 1951 calendar

January 1951
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 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 January 1951: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 1951?

Events

01 Jan 1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on United Nations-lines.
03 Jan 1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians exposed as British / US agents
04 Jan 1951 During Korean conflict, North Korean forces capture Seoul.
06 Jan 1951 Pardon Our French closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 performances
08 Jan 1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda.
09 Jan 1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an X rating, premieres
10 Jan 1951 United Nations headquarters opens in Manhattan, New York, USA.
12 Jan 1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in ten rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
13 Jan 1951 German General F Christian freed early from Dutch prison.
14 Jan 1951 NFL Pro Bowl: first since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27.
15 Jan 1951 Ilse Koch, ''The Witch of Buchenwald'', wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
16 Jan 1951 Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi, Vietnam.
17 Jan 1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea.
18 Jan 1951 1st use of lie detector in the Netherlands
20 Jan 1951 Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
22 Jan 1951 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom.
23 Jan 1951 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg
24 Jan 1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns.
25 Jan 1951 Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of her novel ''Journey Through the Night'' (''Reis door de nacht'') set during World War II.
26 Jan 1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
27 Jan 1951 Peter Pan closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances
28 Jan 1951 La Vie Commence Demain, which depicted artificial insemination and is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London
30 Jan 1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio.
04 Jan 1951 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time.