1951 Events

1951 Buddy Holly Meets Bob Montgomery
In 1951 Buddy met Bob Montgomery, a fellow seventh-grader at Hutchinson Jr. High, who also played guitar and sang country songs. Montgomery's taste in music ran to country music, especial...
1951 "Death Of A Salesman" Is Released
Death of a Salesman is a 1951 film adapted from the play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It was directed by László Benedek and written for the screen by Stanley Roberts. It received nu...
1951 Farnsworth House Built
The Farnsworth House, was designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945-51. It is a one-room weekend retreat in a once-rural setting, located 55 miles (89 km) southwes...
1951
to 1952
Ferrari Produces the 212 Inter
The Ferrari 212 Inter replaced Ferrari's successful 166 and 195 Inter grand tourers in 1951. Unveiled at the Brussels Motor Show that year, the 212 was an evolution of the 166 — a sports ...
1951
to 1967
Ferrari Produces the America Series
Ferrari America is a series of top-end Ferrari models built in the 1950s and 1960s. They were large touring cars with the largest V12 engines and often had custom bodywork. All America mo...
1951 Ford Comète is First Produced
The Ford Comète (also the Simca Comète) was a car built between 1951 and 1954 in France by the Ford Motor Company's French subsidiary, Ford SAF Intended as the luxury model in the range, ...
1951 Ford Consul is First Produced
The Ford Consul is a car manufactured by Ford in Britain. Between 1951 and 1962 the Consul was the four cylinder base model of the three model Ford Zephyr range. Consul, Zephyr and Zephy...
1951 Ford Country Squire is First Produced
The Ford Country Squire was a full-size station wagon built by the Ford Motor Company from 1951 until 1991; it was based on the Ford full-size car line available in each year. The Country...
1951 Kellogg's Introduces Sugar Corn Pops Cereal
Corn Pops is a breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's, described by the company as "crunchy sweetened popped-up corn cereal." Originally called Sugar Pops in 1951, it was later changed to Sug...
1951 Mohammad Mosaddeq is named Time Magazine's Man of the Year
For his sudden rise in popularity inside and outside of Iran, his defiance of the British, and his fight for democracy, Mosaddeq was named as Time Magazine's 1951 Man of the Year. Other n...
1951 Prince Caspian published
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, written in late 1949 and first published in 1951. It is the second book in the Chronicles of Narnia series, al...
1951 Ronald Reagan Appears in "The Big Truth"
1951 'This I Believe' Airs On CBS Radio
"We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion. A lot of us have traded in our beliefs for bitterness and cynicism, or a for a heavy package of despair, or even a..." —Edward R. Murrow
1951 Jan 18
to 1951 Jan 21
 Eruption of Mount Lamington
Mount Lamington began to erupt on the night of 18 January 1951. Three days later there was a violent eruption when a large part of the northern side of the mountain was blown away and dev...
1951 Jan 25 'Gerald McBoing-Boing' is Released
This cartoon was directed by Robert "Bobe" Cannon, and appeared as part of UPA's "Jolly Frolics" series. What made it stand out from the UPA crowd — and undoubtedly contributed heavily to...
1951 Feb 6 Woodbridge Train Wreck
A temporary wooden trestle adjacent to Fulton Street in Woodbridge had come into use that very afternoon so that labourers building the New Jersey Turnpike could work on the main line. Ei...
1951 Feb 7 "Diary Of A Country Priest" Is Released
Diary of a Country Priest (original French title: Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a 1951 French film directed by Robert Bresson, and starring Claude Laydu. It was closely based on the n...
1951 Feb 10 Ronald Reagan Appears as Burt Rainey in "Storm Warning"
Storm Warning is a 1951 American thriller, directed by Stuart Heisler, and stars Ginger Rogers, Doris Day, and Ronald Reagan. Plot Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in...
1951 Feb 27 The Twenty-second Amendment is ratified
AMENDMENT XXII Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951. Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person wh...
1951 Mar 5 Agatha Christie publishes They Came to Baghdad
They Came to Baghdad is a work of detective fiction Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on March 5, 1951 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later ...
1951 Mar 7 Iranian Prime Minister Haj Ali Razmara is assassinated
On March 7, 1951, Razmara went to a mosque for a memorial service. The police opened a corridor through the inner courtyard for the Prime Minister. The assassin, in the crowd, fired three...
1951 Mar 16 "The Red Badge Of Courage" Is Released
The backstory of The Red Badge of Courage involves the toppling of MGM's old Louis B. Mayer regime in favor of Dore Schary and his young Turks. It is also the tale of how an intended epic...
1951 Mar 23
to 1951 Mar 28
 Operation Courageous
Operation Courageous was a military operation performed by the United States Army during the Korean War designed to trap large numbers of Chinese and North Korean troops between the Han a...
1951 Mar 27 Kentucky Wildcats Beat Kansas State in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1951 Mar 27 Ringway Dakota Accident of 1951
On 27 March 1951 a Douglas Dakota 3 cargo aircraft registered G-AJVZ operated by Air Transport Charter en route from Ringway Airport, Manchester, England, to Nutts Corner Airport, Antrim,...
1951 Mar 29 23rd Academy Awards
The 23rd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1950. The nominations were noticeable this year, as All About Eve was nominated for fourteen Oscars, beating the p...
1951 Apr 4 Ronald Reagan Appears as Captain Vance Britten in "The Last Outpost"
In 1862, Union forces drive the Confederate Army of the Southwest into Texas, a development that renders the Santa Fe Trail a supply line to the Union's "bleeding troops." Hindering the d...
1951 Apr 5
to 1951 Apr 8
 Ben Hogan wins the 15th Masters Tournament
Skee Riegel and Sam Snead began the final round of the 1951 Masters with 1-stroke leads over Ben Hogan. Riegel played well, but Hogan played better. And Snead? He blew up with an 80 that ...
1951 Apr 21 Toronto Maple Leafs win Stanley Cup
The 1951 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens. The Maple Leafs would win the series 4–1. It was the Toronto franch...
1951 Apr 24 Sakuragichō Train Fire
A disastrous train fire occurred at the Sakuragi-cho Station on the Keihin-Tohoku line when a MOHA-63 train touched a sagging overhead wire and sparks caused a fire, killing 106 and injur...
1951 Apr 25 Cubana de Aviación Flight 493 Crashes into a US Navy Beechcraft SNB-1 Kansan
Cubana de Aviación Flight 493, registration CU-T188, was a Douglas DC-4 en route from Miami, Florida, United States, to Havana, Cuba, on April 25, 1951. A US Navy Beechcraft SNB-1 Kansan,...
1951 Apr 28 Iranian Majlis (Parliament) elect Mohammad Mosaddeq as Prime Minister
On 28 April 1951, the Majlis (Parliament of Iran) named Mosaddeq as new prime minister by a vote of 79–12. Aware of Mosaddeq's rising popularity and political power, the young Shah appoin...
1951 May Edward Kennedy is Caught Cheating on an Exam and Leaves Harvard
Chatter about how Ted had been kicked out of Harvard for cheating — proof in many minds of his inferior ability — finally forced JFK to intercede. The president summoned the Globe's top p...
1951 May 1 Mohammad Mosaddeq nationalizes Iran's oil
On 1 May, Mosaddeq nationalized the AIOC, cancelling its oil concession due to expire in 1993 and expropriating its assets. The next month a committee of five majlis deputies was sent to ...
1951 May 19 Joey Ramone is Born
Joey Ramone (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), born as Jeffry Ross Hyman, was a vocalist and songwriter best known for his work in the punk rock group the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voic...
1951 Jun 22 Pan Am's Clipper Great Republic Crashes
The Johannesburg to New York City flight was on the Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana), to Monrovia, Liberia leg of its journey. At 0301h during a pre-dawn approach to Monrovia's Roberts Field...
1951 Jun 30 United Airlines Flight 610 Crashes, Killing 50
After completing its first two segments, Flight 610 departed Salt Lake City at 12:11 a.m. en route to its next destination of Denver. At around 1:47 a.m. Flight 610 reported to traffic co...
1951 Jul 16 'The Catcher in the Rye' is Published
The Catcher in the Rye introduces Holden Caulfield, who ranks with Huckleberry Finn among the most celebrated adolescent heroes in American literary history. Indeed, the book is a pleasur...
1951 Jul 22 Dezik and Tsygan Become First Dogs to Make a Sub-Orbital Flight
Dezik and Tsygan were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight on July 22, 1951. Both dogs were recovered unharmed after travelling to a maximum altitude of 110 km. Dezik made another ...
1951 Jul 26 Alice in Wonderland is released
Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Thirteenth in ...
1951 Aug 14 "A Place In The Sun" Movie Poster
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play of the same name adapted from it by Patrick Kearney. It tells the ...
1951 Aug 24 United Airlines Flight 615 Crashes, Killing 50
At 04:25 Flight 615 was cleared for a straight-in approach on the southeast course of the Oakland radio range from Newark. At 04:27 the flight reported leaving Newark inbound to Oakland. ...
1951 Aug 25 "Lubbock Lights" Sightings First Publicized
At 9:10 p.m. on Aug. 25, 1951, Dr. W. I. Robinson, professor of geology at the Texas technological College, stood in the back yard of his home in Lubbock, Texas and chatted with two colle...
1951 Sep 8 Japan Signs the Treaty of San Francisco and the Treaty of Taipei to Become a Sovereign State
Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei as it was signed in Taipei, was a peace treaty between Japan and the Republic of China (ROC) concluded on April 28, 1952...
1951 Sep 27 'Requiem For a Nun' Is Published
Requiem for a Nun is a book written by William Faulkner in 1951. Like many of Faulkner's works, Requiem experiments with narrative technique—the book is part novel, part play. The protago...
1951 Sep 28 Ronald Reagan Appears as Professor Peter Boyd in "Bedtime for Bonzo"
Ronald Reagan is a monkey's uncle – or, more properly, a foster father to a young chimp – in Universal's low-budget comedy Bedtime for Bonzo [1951]. Famous as the monkey in Reagan's close...
1951 Sep 28 "The Day The Earth Stood Still" Is Released
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 black-and-white science fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth with a warning. The film stars Michael Ren...
1951 Oct 3 New York Giants win NL Pennant on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
"There's a long drive... it's gonna be, I believe...THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! Bobby Thomson hits into..." —Russ Hodges, WMCA-AM announcer
1951 Oct 4
to 1951 Oct 10
 1951 World Series
The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with ...
1951 Oct 4 "An American In Paris" Is Released
An American in Paris is a 1951 MGM musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Par...