March 1951 calendar

Events

• 03 Mar 1951 Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 points.
• 06 Mar 1951 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months.
• 08 Mar 1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel).
• 09 Mar 1951 United Artists releases sci-fi film ''The Man from Planet X''.
• 10 Mar 1951 FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner.
• 12 Mar 1951 Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office.
• 13 Mar 1951 Israel demands 6.2 billion Deutsche marks compensation from Germany.
• 14 Mar 1951 During Korean War, US / UN forces recapture Seoul
• 15 Mar 1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
• 17 Mar 1951 Government of Drees takes power
• 20 Mar 1951 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java.
• 21 Mar 1951 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
• 23 Mar 1951 Wages in France increase 11 percent.
• 25 Mar 1951 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win.
• 26 Mar 1951 USAF flag approved
• 29 Mar 1951 King & I opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
• 31 Mar 1951 US tanks cross 38 degrees of latitude in Korea.

Famous Birthday

• Kurt Russell

  American actor nominated for an Emmy for his role in "Elvis," a television movie.

• Dominique Sanda

  French model and actress.

• Stedman Graham

  American executive, formerly a champion basketball player.

• Tommy Hilfiger

  American fashion designer, known for innovative styles that appeal to people of all ages, race and sex.

• Chris Rea

  English rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over).

• Karen Kain

  Canadian dancer, Canada's top prima ballerina, and one of the few North American dancers to be classed with the elite Russian and English...

• Marielle de Sarnez

  French politician.

• Barbara de Angelis
• Dougie Thomson

  Scottish musician, born in Glasgow and raised in the Rutherglen area of the city.

• Sydne Rome
• Elisabeth Bayrou
• Plantu (cartoonist)
• Brigitte Le Brethon
• Susanne Albrecht

  German terrorist, a member of West Germany's notorious Red Army Faction whose bloody campaign claimed more than 20 lives between 1970-78.

• Julie Holmes

  American skater, the winner of many championship awards.

• Wilhelm Manske
• Michel Herbillon
• Dori Sippel

  American musician, violin and violist with international orchestras.

• Tanya Boyd

  American actress and singer best known for her portrayal of the mysterious and spiritual Celeste Perrault on the television soap opera,...

• Gerrie Knetemann

  Dutch cyclist (Born 1951).

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Famous Deaths

• Shah Ali Razmara

  Of Iran, assassinated.

• Honeymoon Killers

  Dies in electric chair.

• John Winter Thompson

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Jan Ingenhoven

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Kathleen Lockhart Manning

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Kijuro Shidehara

  Prime minister of Japan (Born 1872).

• Ali Razmara

  Shah of Iran (1950-51), is assassinated.

• Philippe of Isacker

  Belgian minister, dies at age 66.

• James I Wedgwood

  British theosophist/Catholic bishop, dies at age 67.

• John S Paraskevopoulos

  Greek-born astronomer (Born 1889).

• James F Hinkle

  American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (Born 1864).

• Alfred Hugenberg

  German industrialist and political leader.

• Willem Mengelberg

  Dutch conductor of the Amsterdam Symphony and the London Symphonic Orchestra, the Concertgebouworkest.

• Ivor Novello

  British actor in the '20s and '30s in both U.S.

• Eddie Collins

  American baseball player and manager (d. 1951).

• Martha Beck

  American convicted murderer (Born 1920).

• Volodymyr Vynnychenko

  Ukrainian playwright and politician 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic (d. 1951).

• Raymond Fernandez

  American convicted murderer (d. 1951).

• Ralph Forbes

  Actor (Riptide, Shock, Shock), dies at 45.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Pinetoppers - Mockin' Bird Hill
2. Guy Mitchell - Sparrow In The Tree Top
3. Richard Hayes & Kitty Kallen - The Aba Daba Honeymoon
4. Billy Eckstine - I Apologize
5. Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters - Sparrow In The Tree Top