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1951 Historical Event(s)
January 13, 1951
– First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
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 9, 1951
– Geochang massacre: Korean War
March 29, 1951
– Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
April 5, 1951
– Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
April 11, 1951
– The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
April 23, 1951
– American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
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.
May 23, 1951
– Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People’s Republic of China.
Who Were Born On 1951?
January 7, 1951
– Helen Worth, British actress
March 4, 1951
– Sam Perlozzo, American baseball manager
April 11, 1951
– James Patrick Kelly, American author
May 7, 1951
– Robert Hegyes, American actor
July 28, 1951
– Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
August 2, 1951
– Joe Lynn Turner, American singer (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
August 8, 1951
– Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
August 13, 1951
– Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
September 5, 1951
– Michael Keaton, American actor
October 29, 1951
– Dirk Kempthorne, American politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior and 30th Governor of Idaho