Chronology of World History

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1951

January 1
  • Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on United Nations-lines. [1]
January 4
  • During Korean conflict, North Korean forces capture Seoul. [1]
January 8
  • Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda. [1]
January 10
  • First jet passenger trip made. [1]
  • United Nations headquarters opens in Manhattan, New York, USA. [1]
January 13
  • Nine Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents; known as the Doctors' Plot. [1]
  • German General F Christian freed early from Dutch prison. [1]
January 15
  • "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea, killing 3,000-5,000. [1]
January 16
  • Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi, Vietnam. [1]
  • World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville, Texas, to 134th Street, New York City, New York). [1]
January 17
  • China refuses cease-fire in Korea. [1]
January 18
  • First use of lie detector in Netherlands. [1]
  • Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic". [1]
January 22
  • Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom. [1]
January 24
  • Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns. [1]
January 25
  • United Nations begins counter-offensive in Korea. [1]

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January 28
  • US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
January 30
  • Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio. [1]
February 1
  • First X-ray moving picture process demonstrated. [1]
  • The first telecast of an atomic explosion is aired, a US nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. [1] [457]
  • Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed. [1]
  • United Nations condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea. [1]
February 2
  • US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
February 6
  • "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA, killing 84. [1]
  • US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
February 10
  • Shah of Persia marries 19-year-old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari. [1]
February 11
  • Kwame Nkrumah wins first parliamentary election in Gold Coast (Ghana). [1]
February 18
  • Nepál becomes a constitutional monarchy. [1]
February 26
  • Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia. [1]
February 28
  • French government of Pleven dissolves. [1]
March 6
  • Belgium extends conscription to 24 months. [1]
  • Beginning of high-profile trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the USA, on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. [129]
March 7
  • Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), is assassinated. [1]
March 8
  • The Honeymoon Killers (Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez) die in electric chair. [1]
March 12
  • Communist troops driven out of Seoul, Korea. [1]
March 13
  • Second Dutch government of Drees forms. [1]
  • Israel demands 6.2 billion Deutsche marks compensation from Germany. [1]
March 14
  • During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul. [1]
  • Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany. [1]
March 15
  • Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. [1]
March 20
  • Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java. [1]
March 23
  • Wages in France increase 11 percent. [1]
March 29
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage. [1]
March 31
  • US tanks cross 38 degrees of latitude in Korea. [1]
April 5
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for espionage in the USA. [1] [129]
April 7
  • US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak. [1]
April 12
  • Israeli Knesset officially designates April 13 as Holocaust Day. [1]
April 15
  • Michael Gorsira is first person in charge of Curaçao. [1]
April 16
  • British submarine Affray sinks in English Channel, killing 75. [1]
April 17
  • The Peak District becomes the first national park established in Great Britain. [1016.88]
April 18
  • Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms. [1]
  • France, Federal Republic of Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community. [1]
April 19
  • In London, England, the first Miss World beauty pagent is held, part of the Festival of Britain. Winner is 21-year-old Kiki Haakonson, Miss Sweden. [7] [55.22]
April 20
  • US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak Atoll. [1]
April 27
  • Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia. [1]
April 28
  • US-Japan peace treaty takes effect. [1065.1540]
May 1
  • 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany. [1]
May 7
  • Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town). [1]
May 8
  • US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak. [1]
May 9
  • Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River. [1]
May 11
  • Jay Forrester patents computer core memory. [1]
May 12
  • First hydrogen bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll. [1]
May 16
  • El Al Israel Airlines begins the first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights between New York and London. [5]
May 18
  • United Nations moves headquarters to New York City. [1]
  • US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea. [1]
May 19
  • United Nations begins counter-offensive in Korea. [1]
May 24
  • US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests). [1]
May 27
  • Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing. [1]
May 31
  • Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord. [1]
June 1
  • First self-contained titanium plant opened Henderson, Nevada, USA. [1]
June 11
  • Mozambique becomes an overseas province of Portugal. [1]
June 14
  • First commercial computer, Reminton Rand UNIVAC 1, enters service at US Census Bureau in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] [55.44]
June 23
  • British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean flee to USSR. [1]
  • Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas). [1]
June 25
  • CBS transmits the first commercial color TV broadcast, an hour-long special hosted by Arthur Godfrey, from New York to Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and Washington DC. [1] [457]
July 5
  • Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. [1]
July 9
  • Official inauguration of first Ferranti Mark I computer at Manchester University, England. [55.44]
  • US President Harry Truman asks US Congress to formally end state of war with Germany. [1]
July 10
  • Armistice talks to end Korean conflict begin at Kaesong. [1] [1181.438]
July 14
  • First color telecast of a sporting event (CBS, horse race). [1] [457]
July 16
  • Novel Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger is published. [1]
July 18
  • Uruguay accepts its constitution. [1]
July 20
  • King Abdullah Ibn Hussein I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian in Jerusalem. [1] [626.220]
July 28
  • RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Alice in Wonderland to theaters in the USA. [6]
August 6
  • Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria. [1]
August 7
  • Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph. [1]
August 17
  • Hurricane winds drive six ships ashore, at Kingston, Jamaica. [1]
September 1
  • US, Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty. [1]
September 4
  • The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. [1] [5]
September 8
  • Japan signs the San Francisco Peace Treaty with 48 nations, regaining its independence. [1] [10]
September 20
  • First North Pole jet crossing. [1]
October 6
  • Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, is assassinated. [1]
October 16
  • Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, assassinated by Said Akbar. [1]
October 19
  • President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany. [1]
October 25
  • Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom. [1]
November 1
  • First atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico, USA. [1]
November 7
  • Constitution of Jordan passes. [1]
November 25
  • Two passenger trains collide in CTC territory at Woodstock, Alabama, USA, killing 15 passengers and two employees. [1]
November 27
  • First rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico, USA. [1]
November 29
  • First underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nevada. [1]
December 4
  • Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), killing 500. [1]
December 9
  • Voters approve merger of three states to form Baden-Württemberg, Federal Republic of Germany. [1]
December 17
  • Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants. [1]
December 19
  • German General Christiansen leaves Netherlands. [1]
December 23
  • Last Belgian communities get electricity. [1]
December 24
  • United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the United Nations. [1] [1367.500]
December 31
  • First battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical is announced. [1]

End of 1951. Next: 1952.

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