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1951 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 951st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1950s decade.
The Great Flood of 1951 reaches its highest point in Northeast Kansas, culminating in the greatest flood damage to date in the Midwestern United States. MGM 's Technicolor film version of Show Boat , starring Kathryn Grayson , Ava Gardner , and Howard Keel , premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
2 June – Workington F.C. are elected to the Football League in place of New Brighton A.F.C. and will compete in the Football League Third Division North for the 1951-52 season. [ 17 ] 7 June – George VI is too ill to attend Trooping the Colour , so Princess Elizabeth leads the ceremony in his place.
1951 – See It Now, an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958. It was created by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly , Murrow being the host of the show. 1951 – The Catcher in the Rye is published by J. D. Salinger and invigorates the rebellious youth of the period, eventually earning the title of a ...
Germany: 1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election; 1951 Greek legislative election; 1951 Irish general election; 1951 Luxembourg general election; 1951 Maltese general election; 1951 Norwegian local elections; 1951 Soviet Union regional elections; United Kingdom 1951 United Kingdom general election; List of MPs elected in the 1951 United ...
Womboota Uniting Church, built in 1951 Five Latvian girls in the bush near Brisbane, 1951. 1 January – The 50th anniversary of Australian federation is celebrated.; 19 February – Jean Lee becomes the last woman to be hanged in Australia, when she, Robert Clayton and Norman Andrews are executed in Melbourne for the murder of a 73-year-old man.
January 29 – Nilla Pizzi wins the first annual Sanremo Music Festival with "Grazie dei fiori". [1]February 22 – The first complete performance of Charles Ives's Symphony No. 2, written between 1897 and 1902, is given in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
November 22 – 1951 Ontario general election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a third consecutive majority December 12 – The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority is established. Full date unknown