1951

Year 1951 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January

 * - headquarters officially opens.
 * -, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the of the  , is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in.
 * - : and n forces capture.
 * - s in the - 240 die and 45,000 are buried for a time in,  and.
 * - ing at the begins with a one- bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats, northwest of.

February

 * - declares that  is the  in the.
 * - - Surgeons remove an from Gertrude Levandowski in 96-hour long operation in . She loses almost half of her weight and emerges weighing 140 kg / 308 lb.
 * A passenger train derails near, killing 85 people and injuring over 500 - one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
 * arrested for trying to break into.
 * - Marriage of to.
 * - Jean Lee becomes the last woman hanged in, when Lee and her two s are hanged for the murder and torture of a 73 year old bookmaker.
 * - The, limiting to two terms, is ratified.
 * -, , and publish the findings of the  and the.
 * -, , and publish the findings of the  and the.

March



 * - The trial of begins.
 * - : - In,  troops led by General  begin an assault against the  "volunteers".
 * - The  appears in s across the  for the first time.
 * Korean War: For the second time, troops recapture.
 * joins.
 * - : are convicted of  to commit .  On  they are sentenced to receive the.
 * - 's  opens on and runs for three years. It is the first Rodgers and Hammerstein show specifically written for someone - actress . Lawrence is stricken with  during the run of the show and dies halfway through its run. The show makes a star of.
 * - delivers the first  computer to the .  The system was later demonstrated to reporter.
 * - delivers the first  computer to the .  The system was later demonstrated to reporter.



April

 * - begins in.
 * - relieves  of his Far Eastern commands.
 * - adopted, establishing  (ECSC); see.
 * - The of the  is formed. The USSR first participates in the Olympic Games at Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.
 * - In, a fire on a  leaves more than 100 dead.
 * - ' government in  is re-elected for a second term.

May

 * - of  is almost destroyed in a fire.
 * HM King George VI opens 's as patron.
 * Opening of the
 * The and  begins its closed door hearings into the dismissal of General  by.
 * - The first test of a nuclear weapon with materials, the "" test on  Atoll in the, by the United States.
 * - First volunteer-run passenger trains run on,.
 * - in
 * - otherwise known as the  was a gathering of a number of notable artists, and it was the stepping-out of the post war , collectively known as the.
 * - The first test of an atomic bomb "boosted" by the inclusion of materials, in the "Item" test on  Atoll in the  by the U.S.A.
 * - The first test of an atomic bomb "boosted" by the inclusion of materials, in the "Item" test on  Atoll in the  by the U.S.A.

June

 * - is dedicated by.
 * - - In, , , , , and , thousands of hectares (many square miles) of forests were destroyed in fires.

July

 * - opens the first of 14 concerts in,  at the.
 * -, , and announce the invention of the junction.
 * - : At, negotiations begin.
 * The reaches its highest point in Northeast, culminating in the greatest flood damage to date in the.
 * 's film version of ', starring, , and , premieres at , the same theatre in which the  film version premiered. The 1951 film introduces bass-baritone  (singing ') and makes him nationally famous overnight.
 * - In, the becomes the first  in honor of an.
 * - King signs the act of  in favour of his son.
 * Baudouin takes the oath as king of, after his father abdicated the day before.
 * in is chartered.
 * - King is assassinated by a  while attending Friday prayers in.
 * - 's  is finally shown in the, after ten minutes of supposedly references and closeups of  as  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.
 * - King is assassinated by a  while attending Friday prayers in.
 * - 's  is finally shown in the, after ten minutes of supposedly references and closeups of  as  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.

August

 * - becomes Prime Minister of.
 * - gives birth to.

September

 * - The, and  all sign a mutual defense pact, called the  (for "Australia, New Zealand, United States").
 * - : In, 48 nations sign a  with  in formal recognition of the end of the.
 * - Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
 * - The begins an   of.
 * - The film , with as Blanche DuBois and  playing Stanley Kowalski, arguably his most famous role ("Hey, Stella!"), premieres and becomes a critical and box-office smash. Vivien Leigh wins her second Oscar for her performance.
 * - accepts  and  as members.
 * - - Blue sun seen over : the effect is due to ash coming from the forest fires four months previously.

October

 * - "Shot Heard 'Round the World" One of the greatest moments in history occurs when the   hits a game winning  in the bottom of the ninth  off of the  , to win the   after being down 14 games.
 * - Real Estate Mogul Gordon Halteman born in Oslo, Norway.  The 1st son of the King Helgo Halteman and Queen Ezmerelda Halteman.  He would later lose his title as Prince when caught sleeping with a chamber maid.
 * The film  premieres in . It will eventually receive the  for  of 1951.
 * Henrietta Lacks dies of cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. The cancer cells, named HeLa, became an important immortal cell line for cancer research.
 * opens in . It is one the first shopping malls in the
 * - -  s kill  commander Sir
 * First invented by
 * debuts on.
 * begins her legendary concerts in New York's
 * Assassination of, Prime Minister of
 * - The "" occurred in ,
 * - Storm in southern - over 100 dead
 * - declares official end to war with Germany.
 * - re-elected British ; his  is
 * - declares himself also as a king of  - no support
 * - The 1951 version of , starring, opens in . In this version, unlike the 1935 one, the ghosts are vividly shown.
 * - re-elected British ; his  is
 * - declares himself also as a king of  - no support
 * - The 1951 version of , starring, opens in . In this version, unlike the 1935 one, the ghosts are vividly shown.

November

 * - First military exercises for, with infantry troops included, in the desert
 * - coast-to-coast  service begins in the.
 * - re-elected president of
 * - The performs for the first time on the
 * - floods in northern
 * - The play  opens starring little known actress  playing the lead character. This version is not a musical.
 * - Scrooge, starring Alastair Sim, opens in the under the title of 's original novel, . Virtually unnoticed then, except for a favorable review in the, the film will become a classic upon its first  showings on local  stations in the early 1970s.

December

 * - The is founded in
 * - in  due to increasing riots
 * - collapses in  - 4 dead, 200 buildings destroyed
 * - is opened to the public by the  of
 * , World's first (experimental)
 * A chartered crash lands in,   - all on board survived.
 * - The film , starring and, premieres in Hollywood. Bogart will win a Best Actor Oscar for his performance.
 * becomes independent from
 * 's 45-minute, , premieres live on , becoming the first opera written especially for . It is a great success, repeated annually every year for the next fourteen years.
 * becomes independent from
 * 's 45-minute, , premieres live on , becoming the first opera written especially for . It is a great success, repeated annually every year for the next fourteen years.

Undated

 * A fourth, and final, starts in the ; but unlike earlier fires this one only burns 32,700 acres (132 km²), and within area already affected by the earlier fires.
 * The most complete recording of 's opera  made until then, a 3-LP 129-minute album in, is released to great critical acclaim. There will be no truly complete recording of Porgy and Bess until 1976.
 * A publishes the Interlingua-English Dictionary.
 * is formed.
 * lasts for 151 days.
 * – A collection of mementos and personal papers belonging to are turned over to  for authentication and eventual sale.  Among the documents are his appointment as Chancellor signed by , his n , as well as an assortment of    and .  An initial offer of $200,000.00 was made for the collection.
 * , – An 18-year-old sailor is fined for kissing in public.  The court calls his actions “obnoxious behavior repulsive to the public morals.”

January-February

 * -, Urdu poet
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American singer and harmonica player
 * , American director, producer, and writer
 * , American actress
 * , American radio personality
 * -, English bassist
 * -, American runner (d. )
 * -, English musician and producer
 * -, American musician, songwriter, and producer
 * -, Lithuanian football manager
 * -, English footballer and football manager
 * , American singer
 * , English actress
 * -, Islamic scholar and leader
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, Jamaican sprinter
 * -, British musician
 * -, baseball pitcher
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, Jamaican sprinter
 * -, British musician
 * -, baseball pitcher
 * -, British musician
 * -, baseball pitcher

March-April

 * -, British television presenter and radio disc jockey
 * , German politician
 * , Scottish footballer and football manager
 * , American light heavyweight boxer (d. )
 * , British singer and musician
 * , Japanese pop star
 * -, Dutch cyclist (d. )
 * -, Canadian ballerina
 * - Canadian poet and children's writer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, co-founder of ice cream
 * , American guitarist
 * , American actor
 * -, co-founder of ice cream
 * -, American fashion designer
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, Canadian Hockey Broadcaster
 * , American inventor and entrepreneur
 * , scholar
 * , Canadian author
 * -, Dutch player
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * , American journalist and activist
 * , American martial artist and actor
 * -, American socialite and murder victim (d. )
 * , American singer
 * , British actor
 * , American drummer
 * -, English cellist and composer
 * -, Romanian writer
 * -, Argentine-born actress
 * -, British actress
 * -, Guitarist for the Rock band Kiss
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, Argentine-born actress
 * -, British actress
 * -, Guitarist for the Rock band Kiss
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, American race car driver (d. )

May-June

 * -, American musician
 * -, Canadian poet
 * -, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * , American musician
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Russian chess player
 * , Irish politician
 * , astronaut
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, American , , and
 * -, Welsh singer
 * -, 14th (d. )
 * June 12  -, lead vocalist of  (d. )
 * -, British politician
 * -, nian boxer
 * -, American voice actress
 * -, Irish poet
 * -, eighth
 * -, British actress
 * -, American musician and record producer
 * -, American comic book author
 * -, American bassist
 * -, American comic book author
 * -, American bassist

July-August

 * -, New Zealand cricketer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, German actor (d. )
 * -, American drummer
 * -, Belgian politician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, British politician
 * -, Russian
 * -, Japanese-American poet
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Australian television personality
 * , Japanese film director
 * , American journalist and author (d. )
 * -, American criminal
 * -, American puppeteer (d. )
 * -, English bassist
 * -, American author
 * -, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
 * , President of Chechnya
 * -, American writer
 * -, English singer
 * -, American mathematician and Fields medalist
 * -, American writer
 * -, English singer
 * -, American mathematician and Fields medalist

September-October

 * -, American actor
 * , American actress
 * , American singer
 * -, Famous Canadian Stockbroker and Author
 * -, American actor
 * -, pornstar (d. )
 * -, Former American football player for the  (d. )
 * -, President of Chechnya
 * -, English singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Scottish musician
 * -, English professor of law
 * , Colombian writer (d. )
 * , Australian hurdler
 * -, Australian physician, recipient of the
 * -, British musician
 * , American writer
 * , baseball player
 * , American musician
 * -, poet
 * -, Irish musician
 * -, German race car driver
 * -, American musician and songwriter
 * -, Fiji soldier and statesman
 * -, French singer and songwriter
 * , American ice hockey player and executive
 * , American author
 * -, American guitarist of
 * -, American musician, singer, and songwriter
 * -, English guitarist
 * -, American actor
 * , American author
 * -, American guitarist of
 * -, American musician, singer, and songwriter
 * -, English guitarist
 * -, American actor

November-December

 * -, American author and critic
 * -, Uruguayan politician
 * -, American cartoonist, New York Daily News
 * -, American television host
 * -, English poet
 * , American playwright
 * , American actor
 * -, American author
 * -, British politician
 * -, American politician
 * -, Italian actress and politician
 * -, French-born mystic
 * , American singer, The Aldridge Sisters
 * , American bassist
 * , American actor
 * -, American baseball pitcher
 * -, Canadian writer
 * , American-born British author
 * , Norwegian singer and songwriter
 * -, English footballer
 * -, German hacker (d. )
 * -, Dutch chess player
 * -, Canadian hockey coach
 * -, Scottish novelist and television dramatist
 * -, American television host
 * -, Canadian hockey coach
 * -, Scottish novelist and television dramatist
 * -, American television host

Unknown dates

 * , American
 * , Irish writer and hostage in Lebanon
 * , Irish artist
 * , homeless person and icon (d. 2007)

Deaths

 * Musa Jan Khan, Emir of Ghazni (b. )

January-June

 * -, French-born author (b. )
 * -, American writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, Irish missionary to India (b.  )
 * -, Japanese novelist (b. )
 * -, President of Finland (b. )
 * -, Australian cricketer (b. )
 * -, German engineer (b. )
 * -, American pianist and bandleader (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American aviation pioneer (b. )
 * -, French writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan (b. )
 * -, Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Dutch conductor (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, American filmmaker (b. )
 * , Canadian-born film director and producer (b. )
 * , president of (b. )
 * -, Scottish paleontologist (b. )
 * -, British labour leader, politician, and statesman (b. )
 * -, English myrmecologist (b. )
 * -, , recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Austrian philosopher (b.)
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Australian soldier (b. )
 * -, Austrian author (b. )
 * -, Russian conductor (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American-born astronomer (b. )
 * -, American-born astronomer (b. )

July - December

 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * , American filmmaker (b. )
 * , leader of Vichy France (b. )
 * -, Japanese author (b. )
 * -, American newspaper publisher (b. )
 * -, Polish pianist (b. )
 * -, British composer (b. )
 * -, Canadian hockey player (b. )
 * -, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, South African athlete (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born composer (b. )
 * -, Russian pianist and composer (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, American editor (b.)
 * -, American editor (b.)