1951 Calendar
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1951 Historical Event(s)
February 6, 1951
– The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
February 27, 1951
– The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
March 6, 1951
– The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
March 31, 1951
– Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
April 5, 1951
– Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
May 3, 1951
– The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
July 5, 1951
– William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
September 29, 1951
– The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
December 22, 1951
– The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
Who Were Born On 1951?
January 20, 1951
– Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor
February 14, 1951
– JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater
March 28, 1951
– Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
April 11, 1951
– Doris Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997)
May 12, 1951
– Joe Nolan, American baseball players
July 17, 1951
– Lucie Arnaz, American actress
October 1, 1951
– Brian Greenway, Canadian musician (April Wine)
November 2, 1951
– Vassilis Leventis, Greek politician
November 27, 1951
– Jayne Kennedy, American sportscaster and actress
December 3, 1951
– Rick Mears, American race car driver