17 January 1951Minister of LabourErnest Bevin
Appointed Minister of Labour
Historical records for Great Britain in 1951, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Minister of Labour
Birth of Philip David Charles Collins, later Genesis drummer, vocalist and solo artist.
Birth of Kevin Whately, Humshaugh, near Hexham, Northumberland
Birh of Joseph Kevin Keegan
The Iron and Steel Corporation assumes ownership of major iron and steel companies.
James Gordon Brown is born in Giffnock near Glasgow.
Takes a leading role in preparing programmers to use the Ferranti Mark I delivered to Manchester.
Birth of Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish
Resigns due to ill health
Appointed Foreign Minister
Proposes charges for dentures and spectacles in the Budget.
Death of Ernest Bevin
Resigns and becomes the focus of Labour left opposition.
Resigns in protest over health charges and rearmament spending.
Resigns with Bevan over the health charges dispute.
Resigns from the Cabinet in protest against health service charges to pay defence
Wilson becomes a left-winger and joins Aneurin Bevan and John Freeman in resigning from the Government in protest at the introduction of National Health Service (NHS) health service charges to meet the financial demands imposed by the Korean War
Wilson becomes a left-winger and joins Aneurin Bevan and John Freeman in resigning from the Government in protest at the introduction of National Health Service (NHS) health service charges to meet the financial demands imposed by the Korean War.
Resigns alongside Bevan and Wilson over the charges dispute.
Opposes health charges linked to rearmament spending.
Proposes charges for dentures and spectacles in the 1951 Budget.
Birth of Paul Thompson, drummer with Roxy Music
Nicholson's only international appearance, because of injuries, the dominance of Billy Wright, and on many occasions he put his club before his country. Makes his full international debut for England against Portugal at Goodison Park, Liverpool, and makes an immediate.
Britain submits Iranian oil nationalization to the International Court of Justice
Britain submits Iranian oil nationalization to the International Court of Justice
Britain submits Iranian oil nationalization to the International Court of Justice
Prostrated by an attack of influenza, most official engagements are cancelled
Birth of Trevor Eve.
Iran rejects an interim order by the International Court of Justice
Iran rejects an interim order by the International Court of Justice
Proposes a European Army at the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. Churchills proposal is accepted by 89 votes to 5
Visits George VI with a request to dissolve Parliament
Operated on at Buckingham Palace
Agrees to the Prime Minister's request to close Parliament
Birth of Gordon Matthew "Sting" Sumner
Assassinated in Malaya by a Communist
Assassinated in Malaya by a Communist
Sets off for a 6 week state visit to Canada
Britain's oil dispute with Iran is placed before the United Nations Security Council
The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast and 295 MPs
The Conservatives win 321 seats, Labour 295, Liberals 6 & United Ireland 3
Returns as Prime Minister after the Conservative election victory.
Retains Coventry East despite Labour losing the general election.
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1951 general election.
Retains Wakefield for Labour in his final general election.
Retains Birmingham Stechford for Labour at the general election.
Serves as a Conservative backbencher after Winston Churchill returns to office.
Churchill accepts George VIs commission to form a Government
Churchill accepts George VIs commission to form a Government
Attlee hands in his resignation as Prime Minister to George VI
Attlee hands in his resignation as Prime Minister to George VI
Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement
Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement
Returns to the Foreign Office after Churchill's Conservatives win the election
Appointed Foreign Minister
Appointed Home Secretary
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
Appointed Minister of Defence
Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance & the 1899 agreement over Sudan
Calls for dissolution after Labour's introduction of prescription charges
The US, France & Britain produce a disarmament plan to introduce to the United Nations Assembly
France, Britain, USA & Turkey announce a security programme for the Near East
Egypt offers to let the future of Sudan be decided by plebiscite under United Nations supervision
Announces the design for the "Peoples House"
Meets President Truman in Washington
Submits his major manuscript on the mathematical basis of biological pattern formation to the Royal Society.
Celebrates the 15th year of his accession to the throne
Birth of Anthony Edwin Phillips, later Genesis guitarist and founding member.
Appointed Chairman of the 1922 Committee
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play, also titled An American Tragedy, which was adapted by Patrick Kearney from the novel. A Place in the Sun, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, and Raymond Burr
Armed Forces Act 1951 continues and amends service discipline law
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Uses the phrase, Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birthday
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Encourages Christopher Stracheys early computer work and provides access to programming information for the Manchester machine.
Founds the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
Joins the City of Oxford Conservative Association while developing his political interests as an undergraduate.
Gives a heart-breaking performance in "Close to my Heart" starring opposite Gene Tierney as a couple trying to adopt a child
Appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe within NATO's integrated command structure.
Appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe within NATO's integrated command structure.
Takes a statistics post at the University of Birmingham and develops his free-market economic views.
Churchill & Eden decide to stay out of the European Defence Community
Attends a NATO meeting & says that Britain cannot join the European Defence Community
Is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his major contributions to mathematics and computation.
Opens the Festival of Britain
Festival of Britain Supplementary Provisions Act 1951 supports legal arrangements for the Festival of Britain
Finance Act 1951 sets taxation and revenue measures during the final Attlee administration
After a report by Norman Brook is passed from the PM to the Home Office
Prostrated by an attack of influenza, most official engagements are cancelled. Has part of his left lung removed because of lung cancer
Highways Provision of Cattle Grids Act 1951 permits cattle grids and related highway works
Calls for a housing crusade & the revival of 1940 spirit
Prepares essays later published as In Place of Fear.
Appointed Junior Minister of Housing by MacMillan
Becomes chairman of the Keep Left group associated with Bevanite politics.
Stas in Laughter in Paradise. Most celebrated performance playing the title role of Scrooge in a film adaptation of Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol
Directs The Lavender Hill Mob
Appointed Leader of the House of Lords, 2nd term
Part of the legendary "push and run" Tottenham team which won the league championship in the 1950-51 season
Leasehold Property Temporary Provisions Act 1951 gives temporary protection to certain leaseholders
Sellers appears as Cedric in the revue-style short film Let's Go Crazy.
Sellers portrays Crystal Jollibottom in the short film Let's Go Crazy.
Sellers takes the part of Giuseppe in the multi-character short Let's Go Crazy.
Sellers adds the character Gozzunk to his range of parts in Let's Go Crazy.
Sellers performs a Groucho-style character in the short comedy Let's Go Crazy.
Sellers plays Izzy as one of several comic identities in Let's Go Crazy.
Sellers appears in the British entertainment film London Entertains.
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Continues lecturing on whether digital computers can think and on the future development of machine intelligence.
Moves to Manchester City for a transfer fee of pounds 25,000
Elected Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire West
Appointed Minister of Housing
Appointed Minister of Works
Hillary is part of a British reconnaissance expedition to Everest led by Eric Shipton before joining the successful British attempt of 1953
National Health Service Act 1951 authorises charges for some National Health Service dental and optical services
Seymour's Newcastle United lift the cup after a 2-0 final success over Blackpool.
Attends a NATO meeting & says that Britain cannot join the European Defence Community
Attends a NATO meeting & says that Britain cannot join the European Defence Community
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Joins the Oxford Union on arriving at Oxford and becomes heavily involved in student debating and politics.
Enters Pembroke College, Oxford, where he studies Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Sellers also portrays Arnold Fringe in Penny Points to Paradise.
Sellers plays the Major in the comedy Penny Points to Paradise.
FWA Footballer of the Year
Supports Bevan during the Labour split over health service charges and rearmament.
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Serves as Attlee's Press Secretary
Attempts to appoint Eden as Deputy PM but George VI refuses due to Churchills age, 77
Writes the first edition of the Programmers Handbook for the Manchester Electronic Computer Mark II.
Documents programming conventions, coding examples, routine organisation and practical methods for users of the Manchester computer.
Publishes the poetry collection Dancer's End.
Publishes the poetry collection The Wedding Gift.
After a report by Norman Brook is passed from the PM to the Home Office
While in office constructs 300,000 houses per year. Makes the Housing Department productive rather than administritive
Reserve and Auxiliary Forces Act 1951 reforms reserve and auxiliary military forces
Resigns in protest against cuts on social services
Resigns because Labour introduces NHS charges
Resigns because Labour introduce prescription charges
Restores the Home Guard, founded in 1940, for possible use against Stalin
Rivers Prevention of Pollution Act 1951 creates controls over polluting discharges into rivers
Appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to MacMillan
Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons
Begins writing a weekly political column for the Indian newspaper The Current.
Stars in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel. Stars in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Publication of "The Hinge of Fate"
First major comedy role in The Lavender Hill Mob
Starts in "The Man in the White Suit". Starts in "The Lavender Hill Mob"
1st performance of, "The Pilgrims Progress"
Initiates the Colombo Plan for South Asia
Pays a royal state visit to Italy
Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birthday. Pays a royal state visit to Italy
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