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1951 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1951 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1951
- February 6, 1951 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- February 9, 1951 – Korean War: Geochang massacre
- March 7, 1951 – Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
- April 17, 1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
- April 22, 1951 – Korean War: The Chinese People’s Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
- May 16, 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
- July 4, 1951 – A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
- September 1, 1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
- October 15, 1951 – The first episode of I Love Lucy, an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
- October 20, 1951 – The “Johnny Bright incident” occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Who Were Born On 1951?
- January 8, 1951 – Franz Pachl, German chess player
- February 13, 1951 – Ellen Bry, American actress
- March 11, 1951 – Andres Metspalu, Estonian geneticist and academic
- May 3, 1951 – Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist
- May 14, 1951 – Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- May 26, 1951 – Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)
- August 22, 1951 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
- November 3, 1951 – André Wetzel, Dutch footballer and manager
- November 15, 1951 – Billy McColl, Scottish-English actor (d. 2014)
- November 29, 1951 – Yosi Piamenta, Israeli-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)