1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday. [edit] Events of 1951 [edit] January [edit] February [edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December - December 3 – The Lebanese University is founded in Lebanon.
- December 6 – A state of emergency is declared in Egypt due to increasing riots.
- December 13 – A water storage tank collapses in Tucumcari, New Mexico, resulting in 4 deaths, and 200 buildings destroyed.
- December 16 – Salar Jung Museum is opened to the public by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.
- December 20 – EBR-1, the world's first (experimental) nuclear power plant, opens.
- December 20 – A chartered C46 Curtis Commando crash lands in Cobourg, Ontario Canada; all on board survived.
- December 22 – The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
- December 23 – John Huston's drama film, The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, premieres in Hollywood.
- December 24
- December 31 – The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.[2]
[edit] Undated - A fourth, and final, forest fire starts in the Tillamook Burn; but unlike earlier fires this one only burns 32,700 acres (132 km2), and within an 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 is truly complete recording of Porgy and Bess until 1976.
- A research team publishes the Interlingua-English Dictionary.
- IBM (United Kingdom) is formed.
- In 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 Paul von Hindenburg, his Austrian passport, as well as an assortment of swastika insignia pins and medals. An initial offer of $200,000.00 is made for the collection.[3]
- Stockholm, Sweden – An 18-year-old sailor is fined for kissing in public. The court calls his actions “obnoxious behavior repulsive to the public morals.”[3]
[edit] Ongoing [edit] Births [edit] January–February - January 1
- January 2 – Valdir Peres, Brazilian footballer
- January 5 – Steve Arnold, English footballer
- January 6 – Kim Wilson, American singer and harmonica player
- January 8
- January 12
- January 20 – Ian Hill, English rock bassist (Judas Priest)
- January 25 – Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)
- January 30 – Phil Collins, English rock musician and producer (Genesis)
- January 31 – Harry Wayne Casey, American musician, songwriter, and producer
- January 13 – Phil Manzanera, British rock musician
- February 1 – Albert Salvadó, Andorran writer
- February 3 – Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
- February 14 – Kevin Keegan, English footballer and football manager
- February 15
- February 16 – Mike Flanagan, baseball pitcher
- February 19 – Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic Sufi scholar and leader
- February 20
- February 23 – Patricia Richardson, known as Jill Taylor on the sitcom "Home Improvement"
- February 25 – Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter
- February 27 – Steve Harley, British rock musician (Cockney Rebel)
[edit] March–April - March 1 – Sergei Kourdakov, former KGB agent
- March 1 – Mike Read, British television presenter and radio disc jockey
- March 3 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist
- March 4
- 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, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
- March 17 – Kurt Russell, American actor
- March 18 – Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
- March 24 – Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer
- March 26 – Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 5
- April 6 – Bert Blyleven, Dutch Major League Baseball player
- April 7 – Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
- April 8 – Geir Haarde, Prime Minister of Iceland (2006–2009)
- April 10
- April 11 – Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite and murder victim (d. 1997)
- April 12 – Tom Noonan, American actor
- April 13
- April 14 – Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
- April 16
- April 17 – Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born actress
- April 19 – Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
- April 20
- April 21 – Tony Danza, American actor and comedian
- April 29 – Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
[edit] May–June - May 4 – Jackie Jackson, American singer
- May 9
- May 13
- May 15
- May 19
- May 23 – Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
- May 26
- 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
- June 13
- June 14 – Paul Boateng, British politician
- June 16 – Roberto Duran, Panamanian boxer
- June 20
- June 21 – Nils Lofgren, American musician
- June 24 – David Rodigan, British radio DJ/actor
- June 27 – Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland
- June 28
- June 29 – Keno Don Rosa, American comic book author
- June 30 – Stanley Clarke, American bassist
[edit] July–August - July 1
- July 2 – Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (The Howling) (d. 1997)
- July 3 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
- July 5 – Rich "Goose" Gossage, American 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 – Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian news anchor and journalist
- July 18 – Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
- July 21 – Robin Williams, American actor (Mork and Mindy)
- July 23
- July 24
- July 25 – Yuriy Kovalchuk, Russian oligarch
- July 28
- August 3 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian hockey player
- August 6 – Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
- August 6 – Catherine Hicks, American Actress
- August 8
- August 12 – Willie Horton, American criminal
- August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Longer) (d. 2007)
- August 16 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992)
- August 19 – John Deacon, English rock bassist (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 – Mark Hudson, American musician
- August 23
- August 24 – Orson Scott Card, American writer
- August 25 – Rob Halford, English rock singer (Judas Priest)
- August 26 – Edward Witten, American mathematician and Fields medalist
- August 27 – Mack Brown, University of Texas football coach
- August 28 – Wayne Osmond, American pop singer
[edit] September–October - September 5 – Michael Keaton, American actor (Batman)
- September 7
- September 12
- September 13 – Linda Wong, American porn star (d. 1987)
- September 17 – Denise McNair,16th Street Baptist Church Bombing victim.
- September 18
- September 21 – Aslan Maskhadov, President of Chechnya
- September 22 – David Coverdale, English singer
- September 25
- September 26 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician
- September 27 – Paul Craig, English professor of law
- September 29
- September 30 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
- October 2 – Sting, British rock musician (The Police)
- October 3
- October 4 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, 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
- October 22 – William David "Dave" Sanders, American victim of the Columbine High School massacre
- October 25 – Richard Lloyd, American rock guitarist (Television)
- October 26
- October 27 – Éric Morena, French singer
- October 30 – Harry Hamlin, American actor (L.A. Law)
[edit] November–December - November 1 – Belita Moreno, American actor
- November 2 – Thomas Mallon, American author and critic
- November 3 – Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist (New York Daily News)
- November 9 – Lou Ferrigno, American actor and bodybuilder (The Incredible Hulk)
- November 11 – Marc Summers, American television host
- November 15 – Alamgir Hashmi, English poet
- November 16 – Paula Vogel, American playwright
- November 16 – 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, American funk musician (Roger and Zapp) (d. 1999)
- November 30 – Christian Bernard, French-born mystic
- December 1
- December 2 – Adrian Devine, American baseball pitcher
- December 3
- December 4 – Chang Fei, Taiwanese Tv personality
- December 6 – Tomson Highway, Canadian writer
- December 8
- 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, Scottish novelist and television dramatist
- December 29 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
[edit] Unknown dates [edit] Deaths [edit] January–March - 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 laureate (b. 1885)
- January 18
- 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 auto 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 laureate (b. 1869)
- February 12 – Choudhary Rahmat Ali, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan (b. 1895)
- February 28 – Henry W. Armstrong, American boxer and songwriter (b. 1879)
- March 6 – Ivor Novello, Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893)
- March 10 – Kijūrō Shidehara ("Shidehara Kijūrō"), Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
- March 14 – Val Lewton, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- March 21 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
- March 25
- March 31 – Ralph Forbes, American actor (b. 1896)
[edit] April–June - April 4
- 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 17 – Empress Teimei of Japan, Empress consort of Emperor Taisho (b. 1884)
- May 27 – 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 S.S. officer (b. 1892)
- June 9 – Mayo Methot, American actress (b. 1904)
- June 13 – Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- June 21 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer (b. 1867)
- June 27 – David Warfield, stage actor (b. 1866)
[edit] July–September - July 9 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (b. 1894)
- July 13 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
- July 20
- July 23
- August 3 – Bee Ho Gray, Native American Wild West star, silent film actor and vaudeville performer (b. 1885)
- August 14 – William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher (b. 1863)
- August 15 – Artur Schnabel, Austrian-born Jewish classical pianist (b. 1882)
- August 16 – Louis Jouvet, French actor and director (b. 1887)
- August 21 – Constant Lambert, British composer (b. 1905)
- August 26 – Bill Barilko, Canadian hockey player (b. 1927)
- August 28 – Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1918)
- September 7
- September 9 – Gibson Gowland, English actor (b. 1877)
- September 17 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
- September 29 – Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (b. 1864)
[edit] October–December - October 6 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)
- October 12 – Leon Errol, Australian-born actor and comedian (b. 1881)
- October 16 – Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1896)
- October 28 – Mady Christians, Austrian actress (b. 1892)
- November 3 – Richard Wallace, American film director (b. 1894)
- November 5 – Reggie Walker, South African athlete (b. 1889)
- November 9 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1887)
- November 13 – Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1880)
- November 20 – Thomas Quinlan (impresario), English opera singer (b. 1881)
- December 5 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (Say It Ain't So, Joe) (b. 1889)
- December 6
- December 19 – Barton Yarborough, American actor (b. 1900)
- December 31 – Maxim Litvinov, Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat (b. 1876)
[edit] Nobel Prizes [edit] Ship events - ^ CNN.com – 50th anniversary of the UNIVAC I – June 14, 2001
- ^ "Key Dates for the Marshall Plan". For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan. The Library of Congress. 2005-07-11. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/mars.html. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ a b "Year by Year 1951" – History Channel International
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