1951 34602 225998465 2008-07-16T11:22:27Z CalendarWatcher 2292203 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 225978802 by [[Special:Contributions/211.18.197.174|211.18.197.174]] ([[User talk:211.18.197.174|talk]]) {{year nav|1951}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1951''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]]. {{C20YearTOCship}} == Events of 1951 == ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 9]] - [[United Nations]] headquarters officially opens in [[New York City]]. [[Image:United Nations HQ - New York City.jpg|thumb|160px|right| [[January 9]]: [[United Nations]] headquarters opened.]] * [[January 15]] - [[Ilse Koch]], The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the [[Commandant]] of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]], is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in [[West Germany]]. * [[January 17]] - [[Korean War]]: [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] and [[North Korea]]n forces capture [[Seoul]]. * [[January 20]] - [[Avalanche]]s in the [[Alps]] - 240 die and 45,000 are buried for a time in [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]] and [[Italy]]. * [[January 27]] - [[Nuclear test]]ing at the [[Nevada Test Site]] begins with a one-[[kiloton]] bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats, northwest of [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]. ===February=== * [[February 1]] - [[United Nations General Assembly]] declares that [[China]] is the [[aggressor]] in the Korean War. * [[February 4]]-[[February 8|8]] - Surgeons remove an [[ovarian cyst]] from Gertrude Levandowski in 96-hour long operation in [[Chicago]]. She loses almost half of her weight and emerges weighing 140 kg. * [[February 6]] ** A [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] passenger train derails near [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey]], killing 85 people and injuring over 500 - one of the worst rail disasters in American history. * [[February 12]] - Marriage of [[Muhammad Reza Shah]] to [[Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari]]. * [[February 19]]- Jean Lee becomes the last woman hung in [[Australia]], when Lee and her two [[pimp]]s are hung for the murder and torture of a 73 year old bookmaker. * [[February 27]] - The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution]], limiting [[President of the United States|Presidents]] to two terms, is ratified. *[[February 28]] - [[Linus Pauling]], [[Robert Corey]], and [[Herman Branson]] publish the findings of the [[α-helix]] and the [[β-sheet]]. ===March=== [[Image:Julius and Ethel Rosenberg NYWTS.jpg|thumb|170px|right| [[March 29]]: [[Ethel and Julius Rosenberg|Rosenbergs]].]] * [[March 6]] - The trial of [[Ethel and Julius Rosenberg]] begins. * [[March 7]] - Korean War: [[Operation Ripper]] - In [[Korea]], [[United Nations]] troops led by General [[Matthew Ridgeway]] begin an assault against the Chinese "volunteers". * [[March 12]] - The ''[[Dennis the Menace (U.S.)|Dennis the Menace]]'' [[comic strip]] appears in [[newspaper]]s across the [[U.S.]] for the first time. * [[March 14]] **Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul. **West Germany joins [[UNESCO]]. * [[March 29]] **[[Second Red Scare]]: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] to commit [[espionage]]. On [[April 5]] they are sentenced to receive the [[death penalty]]. **[[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[The King and I]]'' opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and runs for three years. It is the first Rodgers and Hammerstein show specifically written for someone - actress [[Gertrude Lawrence]]. Lawrence is stricken with [[cancer]] during the run of the show and dies halfway through its run. The show makes a star of [[Yul Brynner]]. **[[23rd Academy Awards]] ceremony * [[March 31]] - [[Remington Rand]] delivers the first [[UNIVAC I]] computer to the [[United States Census Bureau]]. [[Image:UNIVAC 1 demo.jpg|thumb|160px|right| [[March 31]]: [[UNIVAC I]].]] ===April=== * [[April 1]] - [[Female suffrage]] begins in [[Greece]]. * [[April 11]] - U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] relieves General [[Douglas MacArthur]] of his Far Eastern commands. * [[April 11]] - After its removal from [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[Christmas Day]], 1950, the [[Stone of Scone]] resurfaces on the altar of [[Arbroath Abbey]]. * [[April 18]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1951)]] adopted, establishing [[European Coal and Steel Community]]. * [[April 21]] - The [[National Olympic Committee]] of the [[Soviet Union]] is formed. The USSR first participates in the Olympic Games at Helsinki, Finland, in 1952. * [[April 24]] - In [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]] a fire on a [[train]] leaves more than 100 dead. * [[April 28]] - [[Robert Menzies]]' [[Liberal Party (Australia)|Liberal Party]] government in [[Australia]] is re-elected for a second term. ===May=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 1]] - [[Opera house]] of [[Geneva, Switzerland]] is almost destroyed in a fire. * [[May 3]] **HM King George VI opens [[London]]'s [[Royal Festival Hall]] as patron. **Opening of the [[Festival of Britain]] **The [[U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services]] and [[U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] begins its closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by [[U.S. President]] Harry S. Truman. * [[May 9]] - The first test of a nuclear weapon with [[thermonuclear]] materials, the "[[Operation Greenhouse|George]]" test on [[Enewetok]] Atoll in the [[Marshall Islands]], by the United States. * [[May 14]] - First volunteer-run passenger trains run on [[Talyllyn Railway]], [[Wales]]. * [[May 15]] - [[Military coup]] in [[Bolivia]] * [[May 21]] - [[Ninth Street Show]], otherwise known as the [[9th Street Art Exhibition]], was a gathering of a number of notable artists, and it was the stepping-out of the post war [[New York]] [[avant-garde]], collectively known as the [[New York School]]. * [[May 23]] - [[Tibet]]ans were forced to sign the [[Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet]] with the [[People's Republic of China]]. * [[May 25]] - The first test of an atomic bomb "boosted" by the inclusion of thermonuclear materials, in the "Item" test on Enewetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands by the U.S. ===June=== * [[June 14]] - UNIVAC I is dedicated by U.S. Census Bureau.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/06/14/computing.anniversary/ CNN.com - 50th anniversary of the UNIVAC I - June 14, 2001<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[June 15]] - [[July 1]]- In [[New Mexico]], [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Washington]], and [[British Columbia]], thousands of hectares of forests were destroyed in fires. ===July=== * [[July 1]] - [[Judy Garland]] opens the first of 14 concerts in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] at the [[Theatre Royal]]. * [[July 5]] - [[William Shockley]], [[John Bardeen]], and [[Walter Brattain]] announce the invention of the junction [[transistor]]. * [[July 10]] - Korean War: At [[Kaesong]], [[armistice]] negotiations begin. * [[July 13]] **The [[Great Flood of 1951]] reaches its highest point in Northeast [[Kansas]], culminating in the greatest flood damage to date in the [[Midwestern United States]]. **[[MGM]]'s [[Technicolor]] film version of ''[[Show Boat]]'', starring [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[Ava Gardner]], and [[Howard Keel]], premieres at [[Radio City Music Hall]]. The 1951 film introduces bass-baritone [[William Warfield]] (singing ''[[Ol' Man River]]'') and makes him nationally famous overnight. * [[July 14]] - In [[Joplin, Missouri]], the [[George Washington Carver National Monument]] becomes the first [[United States National Monument]] in honor of an [[African American]]. * [[July 16]] - King [[Léopold III of Belgium]] signs the act of [[abdication]] in favour of his son [[Baudouin of Belgium|Baudouin]]. * [[July 17]] **Baudouin takes the oath as king of [[Belgium]], after his father abdicated the day before. **[[Western New England College]] in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] is chartered. * [[July 20]] - King [[Abdullah I of Jordan]] is assassinated by a [[Palestinian]] while attending Friday prayers in [[Jerusalem]]. * [[July 30]] - [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' is finally shown in the [[United States]], after ten minutes of supposedly [[anti-Semitic]] references and closeups of [[Alec Guinness]] as [[Fagin]] are cut. The film is a critical success, but a financial flop in the United States, and receives few bookings in U.S. theatres, mostly due to the anti-Semitic charges leveled against it. The film is not shown uncut in the U.S. until [[1970]]. ===August=== * [[August 11]] - [[René Pleven]] becomes Prime Minister of [[France]]. ===September=== * [[September 1]] - The [[United States]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] all sign a mutual defense pact, called the [[ANZUS Treaty]]. * [[September 8]] - [[Treaty of San Francisco]]: In [[San Francisco, California]], 48 nations sign a [[peace treaty]] with [[Japan]] in formal recognition of the end of the [[Pacific War]]. * [[September 9]] - Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. * [[September 10]] - The [[United Kingdom]] begins an [[economic]] [[boycott]] of [[Iran]]. * [[September 18]] - The film ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' premieres and becomes a critical and box-office smash. * [[September 20]] - [[NATO]] accepts [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]] as members. * [[September 26]]-[[September 28|28]] - Blue sun seen over [[Europe]]: the effect is due to ash coming from the [[Canadian]] forest fires four months previously. ===October=== * [[October 3]] - "Shot Heard 'Round the World" One of the greatest moments in [[Major League Baseball]] history occurs when the [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]]' [[Bobby Thomson]] hits a game winning [[home run]] in the bottom of the ninth [[inning]] off of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] [[pitcher]] [[Ralph Branca]], to win the [[National League]] [[pennant]] after being down 14 games. * [[October 4]] **The [[Gene Kelly]] film ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' premieres in [[New York]]. *[[Shoppers World]] opens in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]]. It is one the first shopping malls in the [[U.S.]] * [[October 7]] - [[Malayan Emergency]] - [[communist]] [[insurgent]]s kill [[United Kingdom|British]] commander Sir [[Henry Gurney]] * [[October 15]] **First [[combined oral contraceptive pill|oral contraceptive]] invented by [[Luis E. Miramontes]] **[[I Love Lucy]] debuts on [[CBS]]. * [[October 16]] **[[Judy Garland]] begins her legendary concerts in New York's [[Palace Theatre]] **Assassination of [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], Prime Minister of [[Pakistan]] * [[October 20]] - The "[[Johnny Bright Incident]]" occurred in [[Stillwater]], [[Oklahoma]] * [[October 21]] - Storm in southern [[Italy]] - over 100 dead * [[October 22]] - [[William David "Dave" Sanders]] - a victim of the [[Columbine High School massacre]] * [[October 24]] - U.S. President Harry Truman declares official end to war with Germany. * [[October 26]] - [[Winston Churchill]] re-elected [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; his [[foreign minister]] is [[Anthony Eden]] * [[October 27]] - [[Farouk of Egypt]] declares himself king of [[Sudan]], with no support. * [[October 31]] - ''[[Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]'', starring [[Alastair Sim]], opens in [[England]]. ===November=== * [[November 1]] - First military exercises for [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]], with infantry troops included, in the [[Nevada]] desert * [[November 10]] - [[Direct dial]] coast-to-coast [[telephone]] service begins in the United States. * [[November 11]] - [[Juan Peron]] re-elected president of [[Argentina]] * [[November 12]] - The [[National Ballet of Canada]] performs for the first time on the [[The Carlu|Eaton Auditorium]] * [[November 20]] - [[Po river]] floods in northern [[Italy]]. * [[November 24]] - The [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play [[Gigi]] opens starring little known actress [[Audrey Hepburn]] playing the lead character. * [[November 28]] - ''Scrooge'', starring Alastair Sim, opens in the [[United States]] under the title of [[Charles Dickens]]'s original novel, ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. ===December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[December 3]] - The [[Lebanese University]] is founded in [[Lebanon]]. * [[December 6]] - [[State of emergency]] declared in [[Egypt]] due to increasing riots. * [[December 13]] - [[water tank|Water storage tank]] collapses in [[Tucumcari, New Mexico]] - 4 dead, 200 buildings destroyed. * [[December 16]] - [[Salar Jung Museum]] is opened to the public by the [[Prime Minister]] of [[India]] [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. * [[December 20]] **[[EBR-1]], World's first (experimental) [[nuclear power plant]] opened. **A chartered [[C-46|C46 Curtis Commando]] crash lands in [[Cobourg]], [[Ontario]] [[Canada]] - all on board survived. * [[December 23]] - The film ''[[The African Queen]]'', starring [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]], premieres in Hollywood. * [[December 24]] **[[Libya]] becomes independent from [[Italy]]. **[[Gian-Carlo Menotti]]'s 45-minute [[opera]] ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'', premieres live on [[NBC]], becoming the first opera written especially for [[television]]. ===Undated=== * A fourth, and final, [[forest fire]] starts in the [[Tillamook Burn]]; but unlike earlier fires this one only burns 32,700 acres, and within area already affected by the earlier fires. * The most complete recording of [[Gershwin]]'s opera ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' made until then, a 3-LP [[Columbia Masterworks Records]] 129-minute album in [[mono]], is released to great critical acclaim. There will be no truly complete recording of ''Porgy and Bess'' until 1976. * A [[International Auxiliary Language Association|research team]] publishes the ''Interlingua-English Dictionary''. * [[IBM]] [[United Kingdom]] is formed. * [[1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute]] lasts for 151 days. * [[Munich]] [[Germany]] – A collection of mementos and personal papers belonging to [[Adolf Hitler]] are turned over to [[Bayerische Landesbank]] for authentication and eventual sale. Among the documents are his ''appointment as Chancellor'' signed by [[President of Germany|President]] [[Paul von Hindenburg]], his ''[[Austria]]n [[passport]]'', as well as an assortment of [[swastika]] [[insignia]] [[pins]] and [[medals]]. An initial offer of $200,000.00 was made for the collection.<ref>"Year by Year 1951" -- [[History Channel International]]</ref> ===Ongoing=== * [[Marshall Plan]] * [[First Indochina War]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 26}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] **[[Álvaro Magalhães]], Portuguese writer **[[Ashfaq Hussain]], Urdu poet *[[January 2]] - [[Valdir Peres]], Brazilian footballer *[[January 5]] - [[Steve Arnold (footballer)|Steve Arnold]], English footballer *[[January 6]] - [[Kim Wilson]], American singer and harmonica player *[[January 8]] **[[Kenny Anthony]], [[Prime Minister of Saint Lucia]] **[[John McTiernan]], American director, producer, and writer *[[January 12]] **[[Kirstie Alley]], American actress **[[Rush Limbaugh]], American radio personality *[[January 20]] - [[Ian Hill]], English bassist ([[Judas Priest]]) *[[January 25]] - [[Steve Prefontaine]], American runner (d. [[1975]]) *[[January 30]] - [[Phil Collins]], English musician and producer *[[January 31]] - [[Harry Wayne Casey]], American musician, songwriter, and producer *[[January 13]] - [[Phil Manzanera]], British rock musician *[[February 3]] - [[Eugenijus Riabovas]], Lithuanian football manager *[[February 14]] - [[Kevin Keegan]], English footballer and football manager *[[February 15]] **[[Melissa Manchester]], American singer **[[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], English actress *[[February 19]] - [[Tahir-ul-Qadri]], Islamic scholar and leader *[[February 20]] **[[Gordon Brown]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] **[[Edward Albert]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) *[[February 25]] - [[Don Quarrie]], Jamaican sprinter *[[February 27]] - [[Steve Harley]], British musician ([[Cockney Rebel]]) *[[February 16]] - [[Mike Flanagan]], baseball pitcher ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[March 1]] - [[Mike Read]], British television presenter and radio disc jockey *[[March 4]] **[[Edelgard Bulmahn]], German politician **[[Kenny Dalglish]], Scottish footballer and football manager **[[Mike Quarry]], American light heavyweight boxer (d. [[2006]]) **[[Chris Rea]], British singer and musician **[[Linda Yamamoto]], Japanese pop star *[[March 6]] - [[Gerrie Knetemann]], Dutch cyclist (d. [[2004]]) *[[March 8]] - [[Karen Kain]], Canadian ballerina *[[March 12]] - [[Susan Musgrave]] Canadian poet and children's writer *[[March 13]] - [[Fred Berry]], American actor (d. [[2003]]) *[[March 14]] - [[Jerry Greenfield]], co-founder of [[Ben & Jerry's]] ice cream *[[March 17]] **[[Scott Gorham]], American guitarist ([[Thin Lizzy]]) **[[Kurt Russell]], American actor *[[March 18]] - [[Ben Cohen (ice cream)|Ben Cohen]], co-founder of [[Ben & Jerry's]] ice cream *[[March 24]] - [[Tommy Hilfiger]], American fashion designer *[[March 26]] - [[Carl Wieman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[April 5]] - [[Joe Bowen]], Canadian Hockey Broadcaster **[[Dean Kamen]], American inventor and entrepreneur **[[Frank Moulaert]], [[Flemish people|Flemish]] scholar **[[Guy Vanderhaeghe]], Canadian author *[[April 6]] - [[Bert Blyleven]], Dutch [[Major League Baseball]] player *[[April 7]] - [[Janis Ian]], American singer and songwriter *[[April 10]] **[[David Helvarg]], American journalist and activist **[[Steven Seagal]], American martial artist and actor *[[April 11]] - [[Doris McGowen Beck Angleton]], American socialite and murder victim (d. [[1997]]) *[[April 13]] **[[Peabo Bryson]], American singer **[[Peter Davison]], British actor **[[Max Weinberg]], American drummer *[[April 14]] - [[Julian Lloyd Webber]], English cellist *[[April 16]] **[[Ioan Mihai Cochinescu]], Romanian writer **[[Pierre Toutain-Dorbec]], French photographer **[[Björgvin Halldórsson]], Icelandic singer **[[Mordechai Ben David]], Jewish singer *[[April 17]] - [[Olivia Hussey]], Argentine-born actress *[[April 19]] - [[Jóannes Eidesgaard]], [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] *[[April 20]] - [[Luther Vandross]], American soul musician (d. [[2005]]) *[[April 20]] - [[Louise Jameson]], British actress *[[April 21]] - [[Tony Danza]], American actor and comedian *[[April 27]] - [[Ace Frehley]], Guitarist for the Rock band Kiss *[[April 29]] - [[Dale Earnhardt]], American race car driver (d. [[2001]]) ===May-June=== *[[May 4]] - [[Mick Mars]], American musician *[[May 9]] - [[Christopher Dewdney]], Canadian poet *[[May 9]] - [[Joy Harjo]], Poet *[[May 13]] - [[Sharon Sayles Belton]], Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota *[[May 15]] **[[Jonathan Richman]], American musician **[[Frank Wilczek]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[May 19]] - [[Joey Ramone]], American musician ([[The Ramones]]) (d. [[2001]]) *[[May 23]] - [[Anatoly Karpov]], Russian chess player *[[May 26]] **[[Madeleine Taylor-Quinn]], Irish politician **[[Sally Ride]], astronaut *[[May 30]] - [[Stephen Tobolowsky]], American actor *[[June 2]] - [[Larry Robinson]], Canadian hockey player *[[June 5]] - [[Suze Orman]], American [[financial advisor]], [[writer]], and [[television personality]] *[[June 8]] - [[Bonnie Tyler]], Welsh singer *[[June 12]] - [[Andranik Margaryan]], 14th [[Prime Minister of Armenia]] (d. [[2007]]) * June 12 - [[Brad Delp]], lead vocalist of [[Boston (band)|Boston]] (d. [[2007]]) *[[June 14]] - [[Paul Boateng]], British politician *[[June 16]] - [[Roberto Duran]], [[Panama]]nian boxer *[[June 20]] - [[Tress MacNeille]], American voice actress *[[June 20]] - [[Paul Muldoon]], Irish poet *[[June 24]] - [[David Rodigan]], radio DJ/actor *[[June 27]] - [[Mary McAleese]], eighth [[President of Ireland]] *[[June 28]] - [[Lalla Ward]], British actress *[[June 28]] - [[Lloyd Maines]], American musician and record producer *[[June 29]] - [[Keno Don Rosa]], American comic book author *[[June 30]] - [[Stanley Clarke]], American bassist ===July-August=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 1]] - [[Terrence Mann]], American actor and dancer *[[July 1]] - [[Anne Feeney]], American folk singer *[[July 3]] - [[Richard Hadlee]], New Zealand cricketer *[[July 5]] - [[Rich Gossage|Rich "Goose" Gossage]], baseball player *[[July 8]] - [[Anjelica Huston]], American actress *[[July 10]] - [[Cheryl Wheeler]], American singer and songwriter *[[July 14]] - [[Erich Hallhuber]], German actor (d. [[2003]]) *[[July 16]] - [[Stewart Copeland]], American drummer *[[July 16]] - [[Jean-Luc Mongrain]], Canadian news anchor and journalist *[[July 18]] - [[Elio Di Rupo]], Belgian politician *[[July 21]] - [[Robin Williams]], American actor *[[July 23]] - [[Edie McClurg]], American Actress *[[July 23]] - [[Michael McConnohie]], American actor *[[July 24]] - [[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|Chris Smith]], British politician *[[July 25]] - [[Yuriy Kovalchuk]], Russian [[oligarch]] *[[July 28]] **[[Garrett Hongo]], Japanese-American poet **[[Doug Collins]], American basketball player, coach and analyst *[[August 3]] - [[Marcel Dionne]], Canadian hockey player *[[August 6]] - [[Daryl Somers]], Australian television personality *[[August 8]] **[[Mamoru Oshii]], Japanese film director **[[Randy Shilts]], American journalist and author (d. [[1994]]) *[[August 12]] - [[Willie Horton]], American criminal *[[August 13]] - [[Dan Fogelberg]], American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (d. [[2007]]) *[[August 16]] - [[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]], American puppeteer (d. [[1992]]) *[[August 19]] - [[John Deacon]], English bassist ([[Queen (band)|Queen]]) *[[August 20]] - [[Greg Bear]], American author *[[August 21]] - [[Eric Goles]], Chilean mathematician and computer scientist *[[August 22]] - [[Chandra Prakash Mainali]], Nepalese politician *[[August 23]] **[[Akhmad Kadyrov]], President of Chechnya **[[Queen Noor of Jordan]] *[[August 24]] - [[Orson Scott Card]], American writer *[[August 25]] - [[Rob Halford]], English singer ([[Judas Priest]]) *[[August 26]] - [[Edward Witten]], American mathematician and Fields medalist ===September-October=== * [[September 5]] - [[Michael Keaton]], American actor * [[September 7]] **[[Julie Kavner]], American actress **[[Chrissie Hynde]], American singer **[[Bert Jones]], Baltimore Colts Quarterback * [[September 12]] - [[Joe Pantoliano]], American actor * [[September 13]] - [[Linda Wong]], pornstar (d. [[1987]]) * [[September 18]] - [[Darryl Stingley]], Former American football player for the [[National Football League|NFL]] [[New England Patriots]] (d. [[2007]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Aslan Maskhadov]], President of Chechnya * [[September 22]] - [[David Coverdale]], English singer * [[September 25]] - [[Mark Hamill]], American actor * [[September 26]] - [[Stuart Tosh]], Scottish musician * [[September 27]] - [[Paul Craig]], English professor of law * [[September 29]] **[[Michelle Bachelet]], [[President of Chile]] **[[Andrés Caicedo]], Colombian writer (d. [[1977]]) **[[Maureen Caird]], Australian hurdler * [[September 30]] - [[Barry Marshall]], Australian physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine]] * [[October 2]] - [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], British musician * [[October 3]] **[[Bernard Cooper]], American writer **[[Dave Winfield]], baseball player **[[Keb Mo']], American musician * [[October 4]] - [[Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov]], [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] poet * [[October 5]] - [[Bob Geldof]], Irish musician ([[The Boomtown Rats]]) * [[October 6]] - [[Manfred Winkelhock]], German race car driver * [[October 7]] - [[John Mellencamp]], American musician and songwriter * [[October 10]] - [[Epeli Ganilau]], Fiji soldier and statesman * [[October 11]] - [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]], French singer and songwriter * [[October 18]] **[[Mike Antonovich]], American ice hockey player and executive **[[Terry McMillan]], American author * [[October 25]] - [[Richard Lloyd (guitarist)|Richard Lloyd]], American guitarist of [[Television (band)|Television]] * [[October 26]] **[[Bootsy Collins]], American musician, singer, and songwriter ** [[Willie P. Bennett]], Canadian songwriter and singer (d. [[2008]]) * [[October 27]] - [[K. K. Downing]], English guitarist ([[Judas Priest]]) * [[October 30]] - [[Harry Hamlin]], American actor ===November-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 2]] - [[Thomas Mallon]], American author and critic * [[November 3]] - [[Diego Traibel]], Uruguayan politician * [[November 3]] - [[Ed Murawinski]], American cartoonist, New York Daily News * [[November 11]] - [[Marc Summers]], American television host * [[November 15]] - [[Alamgir Hashmi]], English poet * [[November 16]] **[[Paula Vogel]], American playwright **[[Miguel Sandoval]], American actor * [[November 18]] - [[Justin Raimondo]], American author * [[November 19]] - [[Lord Falconer of Thoroton]], British politician * [[November 24]] - [[Chet Edwards]], American politician * [[November 26]] - [[Cicciolina]], Italian actress and politician * [[November 29]] - [[Roger Troutman]], Funk musician who is the master of the talkbox. (d. [[1999]]) * [[November 30]] - [[Christian Bernard]], French-born mystic *[[December 1]] **[[The Aldridge Sisters|Sherry Aldridge]], American singer, ''The Aldridge Sisters'' **[[Jaco Pastorius]], American bassist **[[Treat Williams]], American actor *[[December 2]] - [[Adrian Devine]], American baseball pitcher *[[December 6]] - [[Tomson Highway]], Canadian writer *[[December 8]] **[[Bill Bryson]], American-born British author **[[Jan Eggum]], Norwegian singer and songwriter *[[December 10]] - [[Doug Allder]], English footballer *[[December 11]] - [[Peter T. Daniels]], American scholar *[[December 12]] - [[Wau Holland]], German hacker (d. [[2001]]) *[[December 14]] - [[Jan Timman]], Dutch chess player *[[December 17]] - [[Ken Hitchcock]], Canadian hockey coach *[[December 20]] - [[Peter May (writer)|Peter May]], Scottish novelist and television dramatist *[[December 29]] - [[Georges Thurston]], Canadian singer (d. [[2007]]) *[[December 30]] - [[Meredith Vieira]], American television host ===Unknown dates=== *[[Matt Cates]], American [[voice actor]] *[[Brian Keenan (hostage)|Brian Keenan]], Irish writer and hostage in Lebanon *[[John Kindness]], Irish artist *[[Mr. Butch]], homeless person and icon (d. 2007) ==Deaths== ===January-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 5]] - [[Ken Le Breton]], Australian speedway rider (b. [[1925]]) *[[January 7]] - [[René Guénon]], French-born author (b. [[1886]]) *[[January 10]] - [[Sinclair Lewis]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1885]]) *[[January 18]] - [[Amy Carmichael]], Irish missionary to India (b. [[1867]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Yuriko Miyamoto]], Japanese novelist (b. [[1899]]) *[[January 28]] - [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], President of Finland (b. [[1867]]) *[[January 29]] - [[Frank Tarrant]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1880]]) *[[January 30]] - [[Ferdinand Porsche]], German engineer (b. [[1875]]) *[[February 9]] - [[Eddy Duchin]], American pianist and bandleader (b. [[1909]]) *[[February 13]] - [[Lloyd C. Douglas]], American author (b. [[1877]]) *[[February 18]] - [[Lyman Gilmore]], American aviation pioneer (b. [[1874]]) *[[February 19]] - [[André Gide]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1869]]) *[[February 12]] - [[Choudhary Rahmat Ali]], one of the founding fathers of Pakistan (b. [[1895]]) *[[March 6]] - [[Ivor Novello]], Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. [[1893]]) *[[March 10]] - [[Kijūrō Shidehara|Kijūrō Shidehara ("Shidehara Kijūrō")]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1872]]) *[[March 21]] - [[Willem Mengelberg]], Dutch conductor (b. [[1871]]) *[[March 25]] - [[Eddie Collins]], baseball player (b. [[1887]]) *[[March 25]] - [[Oscar Micheaux]], American filmmaker (b. [[1884]]) *[[April 4]] - **[[Al Christie]], Canadian-born film director and producer (b. [[1881]]) **[[George Albert Smith]], president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1870]]) *[[April 6]] - [[Robert Broom]], Scottish paleontologist (b. [[1866]]) *[[April 14]] - [[Ernest Bevin]], British labour leader, politician, and statesman (b. [[1881]]) *[[April 22]] - [[Horace Donisthorpe]], English myrmecologist (b. [[1870]]) *[[April 23]] - [[Charles G. Dawes]], [[Vice President of the United States]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1865]]) *[[April 29]] - [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], Austrian philosopher (b.[[1889]]) *[[May 7]] - [[Warner Baxter]], American actor (b. [[1889]]) *[[May 27]] - [[Thomas Blamey|Sir Thomas Albert Blamey]], Australian soldier (b. [[1884]]) *[[May 29]] - [[Fanny Brice]], American entertainer (b. [[1891]]) *[[May 30]] - [[Hermann Broch]], Austrian author (b. [[1886]]) *[[June 4]] - [[Serge Koussevitzky]], Russian conductor (b. [[1874]]) *[[June 7]] - [[Oswald Pohl]], German SS officer (b. [[1892]]) *[[June 13]] - [[Ben Chifley]], [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1885]]) *[[June 21]] - [[Charles Dillon Perrine]], American-born astronomer (b. [[1867]]) ===July - December=== *[[July 9]] - [[Harry Heilmann]], baseball player (b. [[1894]]) *[[July 13]] - [[Arnold Schoenberg]], Austrian composer (b. [[1874]]) *[[July 20]] - King [[Abdullah I of Jordan]] (b. [[1882]]) *[[July 23]] - **[[Robert J. Flaherty]], American filmmaker (b. [[1884]]) **[[Philippe Pétain]], leader of Vichy France (b. [[1856]]) *[[August 14]] - [[William Randolph Hearst]], American newspaper publisher (b. [[1863]]) *[[August 15]] - [[Artur Schnabel]], Polish pianist (b. [[1882]]) *[[August 21]] - [[Constant Lambert]], British composer (b. [[1905]]) *[[August 26]] - [[Bill Barilko]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1927]]) *[[August 28]] - [[Robert Hudson Walker|Robert Walker]], American actor (b. [[1918]]) *[[September 29]] - [[Thomas Cahill (soccer)|Thomas Cahill]], American soccer coach (b. [[1864]]) *[[October 6]] - [[Otto Fritz Meyerhof]], German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1884]]) *[[October 16]] - [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. [[1896]]) *[[November 5]] - [[Reggie Walker]], South African athlete (b. [[1889]]) *[[November 9]] - [[Sigmund Romberg]], Hungarian-born composer (b. [[1887]]) *[[November 13]] - [[Nikolai Karlovich Medtner|Nikolai Medtner]], Russian pianist and composer (b. [[1880]]) *[[December 5]] - [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]], baseball player (b. [[1889]]) *[[December 6]] - [[Harold Ross]], American editor (b.[[1892]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[John Cockcroft]], [[Ernest Walton]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Edwin McMillan]], [[Glenn T. Seaborg]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Max Theiler]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Pär Lagerkvist]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Leon Jouhaux|Léon Jouhaux]] ==Ship events== * [[List of ship launches in 1951]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1951]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1951]] ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== *[http://www.coinpage.com/1951-pictures.html 1951 Coin Pictures] ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1951| ]] [[af:1951]] [[am:1951 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1951]] [[an:1951]] [[frp:1951]] [[ast:1951]] [[gn:1951]] [[av:1951]] [[az:1951]] [[bn:১৯৫১]] [[zh-min-nan:1951 nî]] [[map-bms:1951]] [[be:1951]] [[be-x-old:1951]] [[bh:१९५१]] [[bs:1951]] [[br:1951]] [[bg:1951]] [[ca:1951]] [[cv:1951]] [[cs:1951]] [[co:1951]] [[cy:1951]] [[da:1951]] [[de:1951]] [[et:1951]] [[el:1951]] [[es:1951]] [[eo:1951]] [[eu:1951]] [[fa:۱۹۵۱ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1951]] [[hif:1951]] [[fr:1951]] [[fy:1951]] [[ga:1951]] [[gan:1951年]] [[gv:1951]] [[gd:1951]] [[gl:1951]] [[ko:1951년]] [[hy:1951]] [[hi:1951]] [[hr:1951.]] [[io:1951]] [[ilo:1951]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৫১]] [[id:1951]] [[ia:1951]] [[ie:1951]] [[os:1951]] [[is:1951]] [[it:1951]] [[he:1951]] [[jv:1951]] [[pam:1951]] [[kn:೧೯೫೧]] [[ka:1951]] [[csb:1951]] [[kk:1951]] [[kw:1951]] [[sw:1951]] [[ht:1951 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1951]] [[la:1951]] [[lb:1951]] [[lt:1951 m.]] [[lij:1951]] [[jbo:1951moi nanca]] [[hu:1951]] [[mk:1951]] [[mi:1951]] [[mr:इ.स. १९५१]] [[ms:1951]] [[nah:1951]] [[nl:1951]] [[new:ई सं १९५१]] [[ja:1951年]] [[nap:1951]] [[no:1951]] [[nn:1951]] [[nrm:1951]] [[nov:1951]] [[oc:1951]] [[uz:1951]] [[pi:१९५१]] [[nds:1951]] [[pl:1951]] [[pt:1951]] [[ty:1951]] [[ksh:Joohr 1951]] [[ro:1951]] [[ru:1951 год]] [[se:1951]] [[sq:1951]] [[scn:1951]] [[simple:1951]] [[sk:1951]] [[sl:1951]] [[so:1951]] [[sr:1951]] [[sh:1951]] [[su:1951]] [[fi:1951]] [[sv:1951]] [[tl:1951]] [[ta:1951]] [[tt:1951]] [[te:1951]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2494]] [[vi:1951]] [[tg:1951]] [[tr:1951]] [[tk:1951]] [[uk:1951]] [[vec:1951]] [[wa:1951]] [[vls:1951]] [[yo:1951]] [[zh-yue:1951年]] [[cbk-zam:1951]] [[bat-smg:1951]] [[zh:1951年]]