1951: On This Year

1951

1951 (MCMLI in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1951th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

Is 1951 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 1951 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 1951, who was Time's Person of the Year in 1951, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 1951, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 1951, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 1951.

On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 1951 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

history

What was 1951 known for ?

  • The year 1951 held many events that were to shape the future. Fast forward to the 21st century, these events of 1951 still hold a special place in the hearts of many. By this time, the war was over and it was time to rebuild.
  • On the summer of 1951 June 14th, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly under Remington Rand unveiled the ‘UNIVAC Idigital computer. The two visionary engineers added to Charles Babbage’s basic principles that computers of today use. UNIVAC, which stands for the Universal Automatic Computer, became the most revolutionary computer of the time, which could do a thousand calculations per second and used five thousand vacuum tubes.
  • On July 8, Paris celebrated its existence spanning 2,000 years. Historians trace the founding date to be 250 B. C. thanks to a Gallic tribe called the Parisii who settled on an island on the Seine River that runs through the heart of Paris. The French capital has grown rapidly in its more than two millennia of existence. Paris is now a world leader in fashion, art, science and architecture.
  • By 1951, Sugar Ray Robinson went into the annals of history as being the best pound-for-pound middleweight boxer of all time. Sugar Ray beat Randy Turpin to win back the middleweight belt in front of over 60,000 fans at the Polo Grounds, New York City on September 12. Sugar Ray retired from boxing with 110 knockouts under his belt in 1965 and 1967; indicted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
  • The annals of history are the place where the thin line between legends and myths seem to be in constant competition. Time holds the answers to all that happens under the sun. We can learn a lot from the past, which holds the mistakes and lessons of our ancestors.

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Oscar

1951: Oscar Winners of the Year

In 1951, during the 24th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 20/03/1952 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 5 categories honoring the films released in 1951:

What movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1951?

An American in Paris
The Oscar for Best Movie went to An American in Paris, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1951?

A Place in the Sun
The Oscar for Best Director went to George Stevens, for the movie A Place in the Sun , starring produced in the .

Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1951?

A Streetcar Named Desire
The Oscar for Best Actress went to Vivien Leigh, for the movie A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1951?

A Streetcar Named Desire
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to Karl Malden, for the movie A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1951?

A Streetcar Named Desire
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Kim Hunter, for the movie A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden produced in the United States of America.
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1951: Who was Time's Person of the Year?


Mohammad Mossadegh
In 1951, Mohammad Mossadegh was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. In 1951, Mossadegh was elected as Prime Minister of Iran and expelled western oil companies, starting the Abadan Crisis.

1951: What were the most popular books published that year?

The most popular and best selling books in 1951 were:

Return To Paradise by James A. Michener

Return To Paradise

By:

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.

Joy Street by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Joy Street

By:

A young girl from Beacon Hill is raised in a Brahmin family and falls in love with someone of a different background.

From Here To Eternity by James Jones

From Here To Eternity

By:

1941, Diamond Head, Hawaii Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt, a champion welterweight boxer and a great bugler. He refuses to be part of the company's boxing squad, and he is given "the treatment".

Rommel, The Desert Fox by Desmond Young

Rommel, The Desert Fox

By:

The famed British Eighth Army was already on its way to victory in North Africa in 1941. This same army was poised for total victory just a few months later.

Look Younger, Live Longer by Gayelord Hauser

Look Younger, Live Longer

By:

This book contains sound and sane advice that will make your mature years more enjoyable and healthier.

Rabbit chinese zodiac sign

1951: What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 1951?


According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1951 was the Year of the Rabbit.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Rabbit sign.

Nobel Prize

1951: Nobel Prize Winners of the Year


1951: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1951 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Glenn T. Seaborg

1951: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1951 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Ernest Walton

1951: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1951 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • John Cockcroft

1951: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1951 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Léon Jouhaux

1951: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1951 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Pär Lagerkvist

1951: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1951 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Max Theiler

1951: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1951 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Edwin McMillan
world population

1951: What were the most popular baby names in the USA that year ?

The 3 most popular baby names in 1951 were James, Robert and John for boys and Linda, Mary and Patricia for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1951: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1951 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • James
  • Robert
  • John
  • Michael
  • David
  • William
  • Richard
  • Thomas
  • Charles
  • Gary

1951: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1951 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Linda
  • Mary
  • Patricia
  • Deborah
  • Barbara
  • Susan
  • Nancy
  • Karen
  • Sandra
  • Kathleen

vinyl songs

1951: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1951, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Tell Me Why by Four Aces

1951: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1951 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. Tell Me Why by Four Aces
  2. Any Time by Eddie Fisher
  3. The Little White Cloud That Cried by Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
  4. Dance Me Loose by Arthur Godfrey
  5. Slow Poke by Helen O'Connell
  6. Charmaine by Paul Weston & His Orchestra
  7. Cry by Johnnie Ray & Four Lads
  8. Because of You by Tony Bennett
  9. How High The Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford
  10. Slow Poke by Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys

1951: What were the most popular movies that year ?

The most popular movies and box office hits in 1951 were:

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

Release year: 1951

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall

Country: United States of America

Scrooge

Scrooge

Release year: 1951

Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst

Starring: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

Country: United States of America

Sky King

Sky King

Release year: 1951

Starring: Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters

Country: United States of America

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

Release year: 1951

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll

Country: United States of America

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

Release year: 1951

Directed by: Elia Kazan

Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden

Country: United States of America

world population

1951: What was the world population that year?

The world population in 1951 was 2,584,034,261 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 30.0% of the total population, which is roughly 775.2 million individuals.The average population density in 1951 was 11 persons per square mile (or 17 persons per square kilometer).

history

What happened in 1951?

Here's what happened in 1951:

  • Jan 1, 1951: Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on United Nations-lines.
  • Jan 3, 1951: 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians exposed as British / US agents
  • Jan 4, 1951: During Korean conflict, North Korean forces capture Seoul.
  • Jan 6, 1951: Pardon Our French closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 performances
  • Jan 8, 1951: Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda.
  • Jan 9, 1951: Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an X rating, premieres
  • Jan 10, 1951: United Nations headquarters opens in Manhattan, New York, USA.
  • Jan 12, 1951: Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in ten rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
  • Jan 13, 1951: German General F Christian freed early from Dutch prison.
  • Jan 14, 1951: NFL Pro Bowl: first since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27.
  • Jan 15, 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.
  • Jan 16, 1951: Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • Jan 17, 1951: China refuses cease-fire in Korea.
  • Jan 18, 1951: 1st use of lie detector in the Netherlands
  • Jan 20, 1951: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
  • Jan 22, 1951: Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom.
  • Jan 23, 1951: 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg
  • Jan 24, 1951: Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns.
  • Jan 25, 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.
  • Jan 26, 1951: Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Jan 27, 1951: Peter Pan closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances
  • Jan 28, 1951: La Vie Commence Demain, which depicted artificial insemination and is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London
  • Jan 30, 1951: Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio.
  • Feb 1, 1951: 1st telecast of atomic explosion
  • Feb 2, 1951: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
  • Feb 3, 1951: Victor Borge Show, debuts on NBC TV
  • Feb 4, 1951: US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer.
  • Feb 6, 1951: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security
  • Feb 10, 1951: John & Marsha by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
  • Feb 11, 1951: Kwame Nkrumah wins first parliamentary election in Gold Coast (Ghana).
  • Feb 12, 1951: Muhammad Reza Shah marries Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari.
  • Feb 13, 1951: Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the ''high-water mark'' of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
  • Feb 14, 1951: Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title.
  • Feb 15, 1951: Start of the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute, which lasts for 151 days.
  • Feb 16, 1951: San Francisco City Hall dome fire
  • Feb 18, 1951: Netherlands Radio School forms
  • Feb 19, 1951: Jean Lee becomes the last woman hanged in Australia, when Lee and her 2 pimps are hanged for the murder and torture of a 73-year-old bookmaker.
  • Feb 24, 1951: Bless You All closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 performances
  • Feb 25, 1951: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament.
  • Feb 26, 1951: 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified
  • Feb 27, 1951: 22nd amendment ratified, limiting President to 2 terms
  • Feb 28, 1951: US Senate committee reports of at least two major US crime syndicates.
  • Mar 3, 1951: Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 points.
  • Mar 6, 1951: Belgium extends conscription to 24 months.
  • Mar 8, 1951: International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel).
  • Mar 9, 1951: United Artists releases sci-fi film ''The Man from Planet X''.
  • Mar 10, 1951: FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner.
  • Mar 12, 1951: Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office.
  • Mar 13, 1951: Israel demands 6.2 billion Deutsche marks compensation from Germany.
  • Mar 14, 1951: During Korean War, US / UN forces recapture Seoul
  • Mar 15, 1951: Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
  • Mar 17, 1951: Government of Drees takes power
  • Mar 20, 1951: Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java.
  • Mar 21, 1951: 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
  • Mar 23, 1951: Wages in France increase 11 percent.
  • Mar 25, 1951: 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win.
  • Mar 26, 1951: USAF flag approved
  • Mar 29, 1951: King & I opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
  • Mar 31, 1951: US tanks cross 38 degrees of latitude in Korea.
  • Apr 1, 1951: Female suffrage begins in Greece.
  • Apr 5, 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for espionage in the USA.
  • Apr 7, 1951: 15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280.
  • Apr 11, 1951: American President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur.
  • Apr 12, 1951: Israeli Knesset officially designates April 13 as Holocaust Day.
  • Apr 15, 1951: Michael Gorsira is first person in charge of Cura?ao.
  • Apr 16, 1951: British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
  • Apr 18, 1951: Make a Wish opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances
  • Apr 19, 1951: Tree Grows in Brooklyn opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 performances
  • Apr 20, 1951: Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
  • Apr 21, 1951: 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
  • Apr 22, 1951: Ticker-tape parade for General Douglas MacArthur in New York City, New York, USA.
  • Apr 24, 1951: In Yokohama, Japan a fire on a train kills more than 100.
  • Apr 26, 1951: Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
  • Apr 27, 1951: Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia.
  • Apr 28, 1951: Robert Menzies' Liberal Party government in Australia is re-elected for a second term.
  • Apr 29, 1951: Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
  • May 1, 1951: Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir
  • May 3, 1951: Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
  • May 5, 1951: Out of This World closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances
  • May 6, 1951: Pittsburgh Pirates' player Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0.
  • May 7, 1951: Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter
  • May 8, 1951: US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
  • May 9, 1951: Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River.
  • May 10, 1951: Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
  • May 11, 1951: Jay Forrester patents computer core memory.
  • May 12, 1951: 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
  • May 13, 1951: The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
  • May 14, 1951: Flahooley opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 40 performances
  • May 15, 1951: The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czes?aw Mi?osz, asks the French government for political asylum.
  • May 16, 1951: The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
  • May 18, 1951: UN moves HQ to New York City
  • May 19, 1951: 77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4.
  • May 21, 1951: The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition : a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
  • May 23, 1951: Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
  • May 24, 1951: Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants
  • May 25, 1951: New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game
  • May 27, 1951: Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens
  • May 28, 1951: Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV
  • May 30, 1951: Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
  • May 31, 1951: Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord.
  • Jun 1, 1951: International Cheese treaty signed
  • Jun 4, 1951: Mississippi Valley State University founded
  • Jun 9, 1951: Doodles Weaver Show, debuts on NBC-TV
  • Jun 11, 1951: New York Times reports the NYC subway will auction off things found
  • Jun 13, 1951: UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
  • Jun 14, 1951: 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
  • Jun 15, 1951: 1st coml electronic computer dedicated Philadelphia
  • Jun 16, 1951: 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills Country Club - Michigan
  • Jun 17, 1951: Flahooley closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances
  • Jun 18, 1951: De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
  • Jun 20, 1951: Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs. Red Sox
  • Jun 21, 1951: 17 opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances
  • Jun 22, 1951: Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio
  • Jun 23, 1951: Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas).
  • Jun 24, 1951: Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations
  • Jun 25, 1951: First color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to four cities.
  • Jun 30, 1951: Victor Borge Show, last airs on NBC-TV
  • Jul 1, 1951: Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
  • Jul 2, 1951: Bill Veeck buys St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt
  • Jul 3, 1951: 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
  • Jul 5, 1951: Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.
  • Jul 6, 1951: 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor
  • Jul 7, 1951: 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry
  • Jul 8, 1951: Yankee Joe DiMaggio and mgr Casey Stengel feud
  • Jul 9, 1951: US President Harry Truman asks US Congress to formally end state of war with Germany.
  • Jul 10, 1951: 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
  • Jul 12, 1951: Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Illinois
  • Jul 14, 1951: Make a Wish closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 102 performances
  • Jul 16, 1951: 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France
  • Jul 17, 1951: King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I
  • Jul 18, 1951: Uruguay accepts its constitution.
  • Jul 19, 1951: 2 in the Aisle opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 performances
  • Jul 20, 1951: King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • Jul 21, 1951: Dalai Lama returns to Tibet
  • Jul 22, 1951: Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed President of Portugal
  • Jul 26, 1951: Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
  • Jul 28, 1951: Kiss Me, Kate closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 performances
  • Jul 30, 1951: Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players
  • Jul 31, 1951: Japan Airlines is established.
  • Aug 3, 1951: William H Jackson, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
  • Aug 5, 1951: Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
  • Aug 6, 1951: Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria.
  • Aug 7, 1951: US viking rocket reaches 210 km height
  • Aug 9, 1951: Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
  • Aug 11, 1951: 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois
  • Aug 12, 1951: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
  • Aug 13, 1951: Great-Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract
  • Aug 17, 1951: 18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0
  • Aug 22, 1951: Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany, before audience of 75,052.
  • Aug 25, 1951: Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
  • Aug 26, 1951: Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
  • Aug 28, 1951: Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
  • Aug 30, 1951: US and Philippines sign mutual defense pact
  • Sep 1, 1951: Prime Minister Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad
  • Sep 2, 1951: Australia, New Zealand and US sign ANZUS-pact
  • Sep 3, 1951: TV soap opera Search for Tomorrow debuts on CBS
  • Sep 4, 1951: 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by President Truman
  • Sep 5, 1951: 65th US Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry
  • Sep 8, 1951: Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex
  • Sep 9, 1951: 1st broadcast of Love of Life on CBS-TV
  • Sep 10, 1951: British begins economic boycott of Iran
  • Sep 11, 1951: Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes
  • Sep 13, 1951: St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9 / 12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
  • Sep 15, 1951: Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k
  • Sep 16, 1951: NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players
  • Sep 17, 1951: Borscht Capades opens at Royale Theater NYC for 90 performances
  • Sep 18, 1951: Tennessee Williams's adaptation of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' premieres, becoming a critical and box-office smash.
  • Sep 19, 1951: 1st broadcast of Search for Tomorrow on CBS-TV
  • Sep 20, 1951: NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
  • Sep 21, 1951: Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec
  • Sep 24, 1951: Industrial estate at Harlow New Town UK opens
  • Sep 26, 1951: Prof Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris
  • Sep 27, 1951: Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan
  • Sep 28, 1951: Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton
  • Sep 29, 1951: Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m and 10 mile
  • Oct 1, 1951: 1st Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1
  • Oct 2, 1951: 1st Netherlands TV broadcast
  • Oct 3, 1951: Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers
  • Oct 4, 1951: In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn
  • Oct 6, 1951: Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb
  • Oct 7, 1951: David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government.
  • Oct 8, 1951: Music in the Air opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances
  • Oct 9, 1951: 5th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 2-2 at Toronto
  • Oct 14, 1951: Organization of Central American States forms
  • Oct 15, 1951: I Love Lucy debuts on CBS TV
  • Oct 16, 1951: The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
  • Oct 17, 1951: Egyptian army fires on British troops
  • Oct 19, 1951: President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany.
  • Oct 20, 1951: The ''Johnny Bright Incident'' occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • Oct 21, 1951: A storm in southern Italy kills over 100.
  • Oct 22, 1951: Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
  • Oct 24, 1951: United Nations publishes its first postage stamps.
  • Oct 25, 1951: Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom.
  • Oct 26, 1951: Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m and 15 miles
  • Oct 27, 1951: Farouk of Egypt declares himself king of Sudan, with no support.
  • Oct 31, 1951: Second Chamber accept plan-Schuman
  • Nov 1, 1951: Top Banana opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 356 performances
  • Nov 4, 1951: New York Giants and New York Yankees score back-to-back touchdowns on kickoff returns.
  • Nov 7, 1951: Constitution of Jordan passes.
  • Nov 8, 1951: New York Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
  • Nov 10, 1951: Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
  • Nov 12, 1951: Paint Your Wagon opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 289 performances
  • Nov 15, 1951: New York Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
  • Nov 18, 1951: See it Now premieres on TV
  • Nov 19, 1951: Roy Campanella named National League Most Valuable Player on his 30th birthday.
  • Nov 20, 1951: Snowdonia becomes a National Park
  • Nov 24, 1951: 17 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
  • Nov 25, 1951: Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
  • Nov 27, 1951: Cease-fire and demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea
  • Nov 28, 1951: Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
  • Nov 29, 1951: Winston Churchill re-elected British Premier
  • Dec 1, 1951: Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
  • Dec 2, 1951: Borscht Capades closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
  • Dec 3, 1951: The Lebanese University is founded in Lebanon.
  • Dec 4, 1951: Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), killing 500.
  • Dec 5, 1951: Dragnet premieres
  • Dec 6, 1951: A state of emergency is declared in Egypt due to increasing riots.
  • Dec 8, 1951: Tree Grows in Brooklyn closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 performances
  • Dec 13, 1951: Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher.
  • Dec 16, 1951: Salar Jung Museum is opened to the public by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • Dec 17, 1951: Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants.
  • Dec 20, 1951: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
  • Dec 22, 1951: The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
  • Dec 23, 1951: Last Belgian communities get electricity.
  • Dec 24, 1951: 1st televised opera
  • Dec 27, 1951: 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2).
  • Dec 29, 1951: Flying Enterprise in difficulty in Canal
  • Dec 31, 1951: Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.
  • Jan 4, 1951: Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time.

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What does the year 1951 refer to in the Gregorian calendar?

The year 1951 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 52nd year of the 20th century and the 1st year of the 1950s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1950 and precedes 1952.

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