A Place in the Sun
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
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A Place in the Sun
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
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
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
Amahl and Night Visitors Television
Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors premiered on NBC television, bringing an original Christmas opera to viewers at home.
Antiferromagnetic Neutron Diffraction
Uses neutron diffraction to reveal magnetic ordering in manganese oxide and confirm antiferromagnetism.
Atoll K
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Barbary Shore
"Barbary Shore", a surreal parable of Cold War left politics, set in a Brooklyn rooming-house
Becomes American Citizen
Arendt became a United States citizen after years of exile and statelessness.
Cold War
"Barbary Shore", a surreal parable of Cold War left politics, set in a Brooklyn rooming-house
Constitution of USA
US Presidents are restricted to 2 terms of office by the 21st Amendment
Cosmological Program for the Palomar Telescope
Hubble publishes his cosmological programme for the Palomar telescope, setting out how the 200-inch instrument could test galaxy distributions, redshifts and the scale of the observable universe.
Deputy Director
Appointed Deputy Director of the CIA
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Appointed Deputy Director of the CIA
Foundation Book Edition
Asimov's Foundation appeared as a book, gathering stories about Hari Seldon's plan to shorten a galactic dark age.
Fourteen Hours
Stars in, "Fourteen Hours"
High Energy Particle Experiments
Continues high-energy experiments with mesons and nucleons, combining rapid estimates with detailed measurements to test models of particle interactions.
Home Town Story
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 Belt Hypothesis
Kuiper discusses the possibility that numerous icy bodies formed beyond Pluto in the early Solar System.
Legislation
Legislation is passed limiting the Presidents terms in office to two
Manganese Oxide Magnetic Structure
Works with Shull and Wollan to determine manganese oxide antiferromagnetic structure using neutrons.
Manganese Oxide Magnetic Structure
Uses neutron scattering with Shull and Strauser to reveal antiferromagnetic order in manganese oxide.
Marriage
Marries Frank Sinatra
Military Service
Is drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War period.
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning yellow fever and its prevention.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe
Oliver and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Origins of totalitarianism
Publication of "Origins of totalitarianism"
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Stars in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Directs Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Rock n Roll
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"
Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Secretary of State for Defence
Supreme Commander
Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Stars in, "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Three OClock Blues
Records his 7th single, "Three OClock Blues," which becomes a national hit, no 1 in the Rhythm and Blues charts for 15 weeks
Toby Award Guys and Dolls Musical
Frank Loesser supplied the music and lyrics for Guys and Dolls, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1951.
Treaty of San Francisco
Concludes the US peace Treaty with Japan
Unified Field Equations Refinement
Refines asymmetric-field approaches intended to combine gravitation and electromagnetism.
William F. Buckley Supervision
Hunt supervised William F. Buckley Jr. during Buckley's CIA service in Mexico, beginning a friendship that lasted for decades.
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