Important Historical Events of the year 1951, Year 1951 in History
List of 1951 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1951
What happened in the year 1951?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 4, 1951 | Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time. |
| January 6, 1951 | Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered. |
| January 13, 1951 | First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins. |
| January 21, 1951 | The catastrophic eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives. |
| January 27, 1951 | Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger. |
| January 31, 1951 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to the Korean War is adopted. |
| February 6, 1951 | The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War. |
| 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 7, 1951 | Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces. |
| February 9, 1951 | Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea. |
| February 13, 1951 | Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences. |
| February 25, 1951 | The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón. |
| February 27, 1951 | The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. |
| March 6, 1951 | Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. |
| March 7, 1951 | Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces. |
| March 7, 1951 | Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran. |
| March 14, 1951 | Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time. |
| March 15, 1951 | Iranian oil industry is nationalized. |
| March 20, 1951 | Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded. |
| March 29, 1951 | Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. |
| March 29, 1951 | Hypnosis murders in Copenhagen |
| March 31, 1951 | Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau. |
| April 5, 1951 | Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union. |
| April 11, 1951 | Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan. |
| 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 17, 1951 | The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park. |
| April 22, 1951 | Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. |
| April 23, 1951 | Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia. |
| April 25, 1951 | Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong. |
| April 29, 1951 | Tibetan delegates arrive in Beijing and sign a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy. |
| May 3, 1951 | London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain. |
| May 3, 1951 | The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman. |
| May 13, 1951 | The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru. |
| May 14, 1951 | Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers. |
| May 16, 1951 | The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. |
| May 21, 1951 | The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School. |
| May 23, 1951 | Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China. |
| May 31, 1951 | The Uniform Code of Military Justice takes effect as the legal system of the United States Armed Forces. |
| June 14, 1951 | UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. |
| June 23, 1951 | The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched. |
| July 4, 1951 | Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage. |
| July 4, 1951 | William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor. |
| July 10, 1951 | Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong. |
| July 14, 1951 | Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. |
| July 16, 1951 | King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. |
| July 16, 1951 | J. D. Salinger publishes his popular yet controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye. |
| July 20, 1951 | King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. |
| July 26, 1951 | Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom. |
| August 24, 1951 | United Air Lines Flight 615 crashes near Decoto, California, killing 50 people. |
| September 4, 1951 | The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. |
| September 28, 1951 | CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. |
| October 3, 1951 | Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops. |
| October 15, 1951 | Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive. |
| October 16, 1951 | The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi. |
| October 20, 1951 | The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies. |
| November 1, 1951 | Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred United States Army soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary. |
| November 2, 1951 | Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day. |
| November 10, 1951 | With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. |
| November 15, 1951 | Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 other resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. |
| December 17, 1951 | The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations. |
| December 20, 1951 | The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs. |
| December 24, 1951 | Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya. |
| December 25, 1951 | A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette. |
| December 31, 1951 | Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe. |