Page 2: Historical Events In 1951

Jan 22   Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1951 the Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron is put under United Nations command for service off Korea   

Jan 23   3rd Emmy Awards Alan Young Show, Alan Young &Gertrude Berg on this day in history.   

Jan 23   3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg in the year 1951.   

Jan 24   On this day in history dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns   

Jan 24   On this day in history dutch govt Drees-van Schaik resigns   

Jan 25   UN begins counter offensive in Korea in the year 1951.   

Jan 26   In the year 1951 mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

Jan 27   On this day in history "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances   

Jan 27   "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances on this day in history.   

Jan 27   The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert on this day in history.   

Jan 28   "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London in the year 1951.   

Jan 28   In the year 1951 carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)   

Jan 28   In the year 1951 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 29   On this day in history "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances   

Jan 29   James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)   

Jan 30   Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio in the year 1951.   

Jan 30   On this day in history ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75   

Feb 01   In the year 1951 -50ºF (-46ºC), Gavilan NM (state record)   

Feb 01   Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed on this day in history.   

Feb 01   First telecast of atomic explosion on this day in history.   

Feb 01   The first X-ray moving picture process demonstrated on this day in history.   

Feb 01   UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea in the year 1951.   

Feb 01   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1951.   

Feb 02   -35ºF (-37ºC), Greenburg, Indiana (state record until 1994) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1951 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 03   On this day in history "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV   

Feb 03   On this day in history dick Button win US skating title for 6th time   

Feb 04   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer   

Feb 04   US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button in the year 1951.   

Feb 06   "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 in the year 1951.   

Feb 06   In the year 1951 radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security   

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Jan 02   Nadia Cassini, [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter was born in the year 1951.   

Jan 03   Frank Chikane, sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches was born in the year 1951.   

Jan 03   Gary Nairn, Australian politician was born in the year 1951.   

Jan 04   Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Steve Arnold, English footballer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1951 birth of talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host   

Jan 02   In the year 1951 death of sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)   

Jan 03   Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1951.   

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

Jan 07   Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history athos Palma, composer, dies at 59   

Jan 18   In the year 1951 robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41   

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