1951 (MCMLI ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini 2nd millennium , the 51st year of the 20th century , and the 2nd year of the 1950s decade.
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January
January 21 : The eruption of Mount Lamington January 4 – Korean War : Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory , with the writing off of £36.5M debt.[1] January 11 - In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978.[2] January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch , The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp , is sentenced to life imprisonment.[3] January 20 – Winter of Terror : Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy.January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically , killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province.[4] January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel Journey Through the Night Reis door de nacht ), set during World War II.July
July 5 – William Shockley , John Bardeen and Walter Brattain , of Bell Labs, announce the invention of the grown-junction transistor . Same year, General Electric and RCA develop alloy-junction transistor .July 10
July 13 – Vuoristorata , one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller coasters in Europe, is opened at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland .[9] [10] July 16 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Baudouin , who on July 17 takes the oath as king of Belgium.July 20 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem . He is succeeded by his son, King Talal .July 23 – Marshal Philippe Pétain , former Prime Minister and Head of State of France, Chief of State of Vichy France during World War II , hero commander of World War I who led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun , for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun", dies while serving a sentence of life-imprisonment on the island of Île-d'Yeu at 95 years old.July 26 – The first birch bark manuscript is discovered in Novgorod .July 28 – Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees , a multilateral treaty of the United Nations , is signed at a special conference in Geneva , defining the status of refugees and setting out the basis for granting right of asylum , coming into force on 22 April 1954.Unknown dates
IBM (United Kingdom) is formed.[15] An 18-year-old sailor is fined for kissing in public in Stockholm , Sweden . The law court calls his actions "obnoxious behavior repulsive to the public morals".[15]
The United States becomes malaria -free (excluding territories and possessions)[16] [17]
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January
Phil Collins Dave Benton January 1
January 2 – Jan Fischer , 8th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic January 3 – Charles W. Mills , British-born American philosopher (d. 2021 )[19] January 5 – Bakunde Ilo Pablo , Congolese musicianJanuary 8
January 9 – Crystal Gayle , American country music singerJanuary 12 – Rush Limbaugh , American conservative radio personality (d. 2021 )January 18 – Elijah Cummings , African-American politician (d. 2019 )January 20 – Rouslan Saghabalyan , Russian writer, journalist and screenwriter[20] January 23 – Sully Sullenberger , American diplomat and pilotJanuary 25 – Steve Prefontaine , American runner (d. 1975 )January 30 – Phil Collins , English rock musician and producerJanuary 31
February
Blaise Compaoré Gordon Brown Edward Albert February 3
February 10 – Bob Iger , American CEO of The Walt Disney Company [23] February 12 – Rossana Ordóñez , Venezuelan journalist (d. 2021 )[24] February 14 – Kevin Keegan , English footballer and managerFebruary 15
February 16 – William Katt , American film, television actorFebruary 19 – Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri , Pakistani Islamic Sufi scholar, leaderFebruary 20
February 22 – Ellen Greene , American actressFebruary 23 – Patricia Richardson , American actressFebruary 24 – Debra Jo Rupp , American actressFebruary 25 – Don Quarrie , Jamaican sprinter[26] February 27 – Steve Harley , British glam rock singer-songwriter (d. 2024 )[27] March
Chris Rea Kurt Russell March 3 – Heizō Takenaka , Japanese economistMarch 4
March 6 – Gerrie Knetemann , Dutch cyclist (d. 2004 )March 8 – Karen Kain , Canadian ballerinaMarch 9 – Zakir Hussian , Indian tabla virtuoso, composer, percussionist, music producer and actorMarch 10 – Gloria Diaz , Filipino actress of film and television, model and beauty queenMarch 13 – Charo , Spanish-American singer, entertainerMarch 14 – Jerry Greenfield , American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's March 17 – Kurt Russell , American actorMarch 18 – Ben Cohen , American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's March 20 – Jimmie Vaughan , American blues rock guitarist and singerMarch 24 – Tommy Hilfiger , American fashion designer[28] March 26
March 30 – Wolfgang Niedecken , German singerMay
Christopher Cross Anatoly Karpov Antonis Samaras May 3 – Christopher Cross , American singer-songwriterMay 6
May 9
May 13 – Jumbo Tsuruta , Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2000 )May 15
May 16 – Unshō Ishizuka , Japanese voice actor (d. 2018 )
May 18 – Ben Feringa , Dutch organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureateMay 19
May 20 – Christie Blatchford , Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (d. 2020 )[33] May 22 – Kenneth Bianchi , American serial killer and rapist[34] May 23
May 25 – Jamaluddin Jarjis , Malaysian politician (d. 2015 )May 26
May 30
May 31 – Jimmy Nalls , American guitarist (Sea Level ) (d. 2017 )June
Jill Biden Suze Orman Bonnie Tyler Stellan Skarsgård Álvaro Colom Mary McAleese June 2
June 3 – Jill Biden , First Lady of the United States June 8 – Bonnie Tyler , Welsh pop singerJune 9 – James Newton Howard , American musician, composerJune 12
June 13
June 14 – Paul Boateng , British politicianJune 15 – Álvaro Colom , 35th President of Guatemala (d. 2023 )June 16 – Roberto Durán , Panamanian boxerJune 17 – Shahidan Kassim , Malaysian politicianJune 18
June 20
June 21 – Nils Lofgren , American musician[35] June 23 – Michèle Mouton , French rally driverJune 25 – Elvy Sukaesih , Indonesian dangdut singerJune 27
June 28
June 29 – Zvi Eliezer Alonie , Israeli rabbiJune 30 – Stanley Clarke , American bassistAugust
Mohamed Morsi Juan Manuel Santos John Deacon Dana Rosemary Scallon August 2 – Andrew Gold , American singer-songwriter and musician (10cc , Wax ) (d. 2011 )August 3 – Marcel Dionne , Canadian hockey playerAugust 6 – Catherine Hicks , American actressAugust 8
August 10 – Juan Manuel Santos , President of Colombia and recipient of the Nobel Peace PrizeAugust 11 – Katsumi Chō , Japanese voice actorAugust 13 – Dan Fogelberg , American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2007 )August 14 – Carl Lumbly , American actorAugust 15 – Jim Allen , West Indian cricketerAugust 16 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua , 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010 )August 19 – John Deacon , English rock bassistAugust 20 – Greg Bear , American author (d. 2022 )August 21
August 22 – Chandra Prakash Mainali , Nepalese politicianAugust 23
August 24 – Orson Scott Card , American writer[40] August 25 – Rob Halford , English rock singerAugust 26 – Edward Witten , American mathematician, Fields medalistAugust 28 – Wayne Osmond , American pop singerAugust 30
September
Michael Keaton Alexander Downer Mark Hamill Michelle Bachelet September 2
September 3 - D. Rolland Jennings , American politician[41] September 4 – Judith Ivey , American actress[42] September 5 – Michael Keaton , American actorSeptember 7 – Chrissie Hynde , American rock singerSeptember 9 – Alexander Downer , Australian politician, diplomatSeptember 12
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September 15
September 17 – Cassandra Peterson , American actress, known for her role in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark September 18 – Dee Dee Ramone , American bassist (d. 2002 )September 20
September 21 – Aslan Maskhadov , President of Chechnya (d. 2005 )[48] September 22
September 24 – Alfonso Portillo , President of Guatemala September 25
September 26 – Stuart Tosh , Scottish musicianSeptember 28 – Jim Diamond , Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2015 )[49] September 29
September 30 – Barry Marshall , Australian physician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine October
Sting Bob Geldof Karen Allen Prabowo Subianto Pam Dawber October 2 – Sting , British singer, rock musician, philanthropistOctober 3
October 4 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov , Kazakh poetOctober 5 – Bob Geldof , Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats )October 6 – Manfred Winkelhock , German racing driver (d. 1985 )October 7
October 10 – Epeli Ganilau , Fijian soldier and statesman (d. 2023 )October 11
October 15
October 17
October 18
October 19 – Annie Golden , Americana actressOctober 20 – Claudio Ranieri , Italian football manager and playerOctober 22 – William David Sanders , American victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999 )October 23 – Charly García , Argentine musician and songwriterOctober 26
October 27 – Éric Morena , French singer (d. 2019 )October 30 – Harry Hamlin , American actorNovember
Traian Băsescu Zeenat Aman Kathryn Bigelow November 2 – Thomas Mallon , American author and criticNovember 3 – Ed Murawinski , American cartoonist (New York Daily News )November 4
November 5 – Prince B.B Apugo , Nigerian politicianNovember 7 – Dennis Allen , Australian criminal and drug dealer, eldest son of Kath Pettingill (d. 1987 )November 8 – Alfredo Astiz , Argentine commanderNovember 9
November 10 – Danilo Medina , Dominican politician 53rd President of the Dominican Republic November 12 – Marcelo Rezende , Brazilian journalist and television presenter (d. 2017 )November 15
November 16
November 17 – Stephen Root , American actorNovember 18 – Justin Raimondo , American political activist (d. 2019 )November 19 – Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton , British politicianNovember 20 – Rodger Bumpass , American voice actor known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants November 21 – Thomas Roth , German television news anchor and presenterNovember 24 – Chet Edwards , American politicianNovember 26 – Cicciolina , Hungarian-Italian actress and politicianNovember 27 – Teri DeSario , American singer-songwriterNovember 29
November 30 – Christian Bernard , French-born mysticFull date unknown
Peter Hargitay , public relations executive and a partner of the European Consultancy Network[52]
January
Reverend Franziskus Hennemann Amy Carmichael Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim January 3 – Georgios Drossinis , Greek author, poet, scholar and editor (b. 1859 )January 5
January 6
January 7
January 10 – Sinclair Lewis , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885 )January 12
January 13
January 15 – Sir Ernest Swinton , British Army general (b. 1868 )[54] January 16 – Tsunejirō Ishii , Japanese admiral (b. 1887 )January 17 – Franziskus Hennemann , South African Titular bishop and reverend (b. 1882 )January 18
January 21 – Yuriko Miyamoto , Japanese novelist (b. 1899 )January 22 – Harald Bohr , Danish mathematician and footballer (b. 1887 )[55] January 23 – Robert J. Blackham , British general and author (b. 1868 )January 27 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867 )January 28
January 29 – Frank Tarrant , Australian cricketer (b. 1880 )January 30 – Ferdinand Porsche , German auto engineer (b. 1875 )March
Blessed Zoltán Meszlényi Kijuro Shidehara Janusz Jędrzejewicz March 1 – Maria Dickin , British social reformer (b. 1870 )March 2
March 4
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March 7 – Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi (b. 1885 )March 8 – Charles Coleman , American actor (b. 1885 )March 10 – Kijūrō Shidehara , Japanese diplomat, 31st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872 )March 12 – Alfred Hugenberg , German businessman and politician (b. 1865 )March 13 – Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand , Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (b. 1917 )[57] March 14 – Val Lewton , American producer and screenwriter (b. 1904 )March 16 – Janusz Jędrzejewicz , Polish politician and educator, 24th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1885 )March 17 – Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (b. 1888 )March 19
March 20 – Alfredo Baquerizo , 19th President of Ecuador (b. 1859 )March 21 – Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor (b. 1871 )March 24 – José Enrique Varela , Spanish military officer (b. 1871 )March 25
March 31 – Ralph Forbes , American actor (b. 1896 )April
Oscar Carmona Ivanoe Bonomi Charles G. Dawes April 2 – Mikhail Vladimirsky , Soviet politician (b. 1874 )April 4 – George Albert Smith , 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870 )April 5 – Cường Để , Vietnamese revolutionary leader (b. 1882 )April 6 – Robert Broom , British paleontologist (b. 1866 )April 9 – Vilhelm Bjerknes , Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862 )April 11
April 14
April 16 – Adolph Bolm , Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1881 )April 18 – Óscar Carmona , 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869 )April 19 – Frank Hopkins , American professional horseman, soldier (b. 1865 )April 20 – Ivanoe Bonomi , Italian politician and statesman, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873 )April 21 – Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus , Dutch lepidopterist (b. 1894 )April 22 – Horace Donisthorpe , British myrmecologist (b. 1870 )April 23 – Charles G. Dawes , 30th Vice President of the United States , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865 )April 25 – Shyam , Hindi actor (b. 1920 )April 26 – Arnold Sommerfeld , German physicist (b. 1868 )April 29 – Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian philosopher (b. 1889 )May
Homero Manzi Henri Carton de Wiart Mary Emelia Moore Empress Teimei May 1 – Klymentiy Sheptytsky , Soviet Orthodox priest , martyr and blessed (b. 1869 )May 2
May 3 – Homero Manzi , Argentine Tango lyricist and author (b. 1907 )May 5
May 6 – Henri Carton de Wiart , 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1869 )May 7 – Warner Baxter , American actor (b. 1889 )May 8 – Pat Hartigan , American actor and director (b. 1881 )May 10 – Nikola Mushanov , 23rd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1872 )May 16 – François Hussenot , French engineer (b. 1912 )May 17
May 18 – Gaspar Agüero Barreras , Cuban composer, pianist and composer (b. 1873 )May 20 – Marguerite Merington , English-American author (b. 1857 )May 23 – Antonio Gandusio , Italian actor (b. 1875 )May 25
May 27 – Sir Thomas Blamey , Australian field marshal (b. 1884 )May 29
May 30
August
Robert Walker 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 19 – Władysław Wróblewski , Polish politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer, provisional Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1875 )August 21 – Constant Lambert , British composer (b. 1905 )August 24
August 26 – Bill Barilko , Canadian hockey player (b. 1927 )August 28 – Robert Walker , American actor (b. 1918 )September
Ernestina Lecuona y Casado Maria Montez Augusto de Vasconcelos September 1
September 2 – Antoine Bibesco , Romanian aristocrat, lawyer, diplomat and writer (b. 1878 )September 3
September 5 – Mário Eloy , Portuguese painter (b. 1900 )September 7
September 9
September 10 – Giuseppe Mulè , Italian composer and conductor (b. 1885 )September 15 – Jacinto Guerrero , Spanish composer (b. 1895 )September 17
September 18
September 26 – Ioan Dimăncescu , Romania army officer (b. 1898 )September 27 – Augusto de Vasconcelos , Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat, 57th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1867 )September 29 – Thomas Cahill , American soccer coach (b. 1864 )December
Shoeless Joe Jackson Blessed Anton Durcovici December 1 – Felix Petyrek , Austrian composer (b. 1892 )December 4 – Pedro Salinas , Spanish poet (b. 1891 )December 5 – Shoeless Joe Jackson , American baseball player (Chicago White Sox ) (b. 1887 )December 6
December 10 – Algernon Blackwood , British writer (b. 1869 )December 11
December 12 – Bill Patton , American actor (b. 1894 )December 15 – Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth , British diplomat, 1st Secretary-General of the League of Nations (b. 1876 )December 19
December 20 – Anton Durcovici , Austro-Hungarian born Romanian Roman Catholic bishop and blessed (b. 1888 )December 23 – Enrique Santos Discépolo , Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer (b. 1901 )December 24 – Raffaele Rossetti , Italian engineer and military naval officer (b. 1881 )December 31 – Maxim Litvinov , Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat (b. 1876 )
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