1 January 1951Invasion of KoreaDouglas MacArthur
400,000 Chinese & 100,000 North Koreans open a major offenisive
Historical records for United States of America in 1951, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
400,000 Chinese & 100,000 North Koreans open a major offenisive
400,000 Chinese & 100,000 North Koreans open a major offenisive
Orders the evacuation of Seoul
Launches a counter-offensive against the Chinese & North Koreans
Orders the Army to control US railways during the strike
Launches an operation to recapture Inchon & Kimpo airfield
Recaptures Cunshon from the communists
Counter-attacking Allied forces retake Seoul
Seoul is recaptured by the Americans. Recaptures Seoul from the communists
Dismissed after publicly demanding the right to bomb Chinese targets in Manchuria
Dimisses MacArthur as Commander of United Nations forces because of his support of war with China
Appointed Commander of the United Nations forces in Korea
Carries out a defensive action against the North Koreans
Makes a radio broadcast offering to send representitives to discuss a cease-fire
Armistice negotiations open between the Commanders of both sides
Publication of "The Catcher in the Rye", chronicling 48 hours in the life of a teenage rebel, Holden Caulfield, as he wanders the streets of New York in a state of mental collapse, it enjoyed early, but modest success
Publication of "The Catcher in the Rye", chronicling 48 hours in the life of a teenage rebel, Holden Caulfield, as he wanders the streets of New York in a state of mental collapse, it enjoyed early, but modest success
Breaks the Armistice negotiations claiming North Korea has broken demilitarization rules
Congress rejects Russian proposals for arms & atomic weapons
Birth of Edward Witten
The USA & the Philippines form a mutual defence pact
The USA, Australia & New Zealand sign the Pacific Security Agreement
Birth of Michael Keaton, Michael John Douglas
The US & 49 other powers sign a peace Treaty with Japan, Russia boycotts the session
Discovers Ananke, another distant retrograde moon of Jupiter.
Survives a military aircraft crash into the Pacific near Point Reyes and swims to shore.
The House of Reps approves $56.9 billion for the armed forces Appropriation Bill
The House of Reps approves $56.9 billion for the armed forces Appropriation Bill
First elected member of the US Senate, ahead of Helen Douglas
The US, France & Britain produce a disarmament plan to introduce to the United Nations Assembly
Places a disarmament plan before the United Nations General Assembly, countrered by Russia
Places a disarmament plan before the United Nations General Assembly, countrered by Russia
A 2nd round of peace negotiations begins
Peace negotiations take place at Panmunjon
Both sides agree to a cease-fire along a demarcation line
DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball
Experimental breeder reactor produces electricity from nuclear fuel.
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
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
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 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
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
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
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
"Barbary Shore", a surreal parable of Cold War left politics, set in a Brooklyn rooming-house
"Barbary Shore", a surreal parable of Cold War left politics, set in a Brooklyn rooming-house
US Presidents are restricted to 2 terms of office by the 21st Amendment
Appointed Deputy Director of the CIA
Appointed Deputy Director of the CIA
Stars in, "Fourteen Hours"
Has supporting roles in four low-budget films released in 1951, in the MGM drama Home Town Story, and in three moderately successful comedies for Fox, As Young as You Feel, Love Nest, and Lets Make It Legal
Kuiper discusses the possibility that numerous icy bodies formed beyond Pluto in the early Solar System.
Legislation is passed limiting the Presidents terms in office to two
Marries Frank Sinatra
Is drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War period.
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning yellow fever and its prevention.
Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe
Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Publication of "Origins of totalitarianism"
Stars in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Directs Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
The term "Rock n Roll" is first used by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song "My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll"
Appointed Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe
Stars in, "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Records his 7th single, "Three OClock Blues," which becomes a national hit, no 1 in the Rhythm and Blues charts for 15 weeks
Concludes the US peace Treaty with Japan
Refines asymmetric-field approaches intended to combine gravitation and electromagnetism.
Hunt supervised William F. Buckley Jr. during Buckley's CIA service in Mexico, beginning a friendship that lasted for decades.
Bronsons first film role, an uncredited one, is as a sailor in Youre in the Navy Now
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