Page 2: Historical Events In 1951

Jan 22   Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom in the year 1951.   

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

Jan 22   On this day in history the Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron is put under United Nations command for service off Korea   

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

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

Jan 24   In the year 1951 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 28   On this day in history "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Jan 29   In the year 1951 "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances   

Jan 29   On this day in history james Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed   

Feb 01   In the year 1951 first telecast of atomic explosion   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history uN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea   

Feb 01   In the year 1951 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 02   -35ºF (-37ºC), Greenburg, Indiana (state record until 1994) in the year 1951.   

Feb 02   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

Feb 03   Dick Button win US skating title for 6th time in the year 1951.   

Feb 04   In the year 1951 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer   

Feb 04   US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

Feb 06   "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1951.   

Jan 02   Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of frank Chikane, sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches   

Jan 03   In the year 1951 birth of gary Nairn, Australian politician   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1951 birth of steve Arnold, English footballer   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)   

Jan 03   Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1951 johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76   

Jan 10   Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1951.   

Jan 18   Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1951.