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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

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 13, 1951 – Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the “high-water mark” of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
• February 25, 1951 – The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• March 7, 1951 – Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
• April 5, 1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
• April 17, 1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
• April 25, 1951 – Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
• July 16, 1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
• October 20, 1951 – The “Johnny Bright incident” occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma
• December 22, 1951 – The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

Who Were Born On 1951?

• March 4, 1951 – Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer and actress
• April 5, 1951 – Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler
• April 20, 1951 – Louise Jameson, English actress and educator
• July 2, 1951 – Michele Santoro, Italian journalist
• September 3, 1951 – Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
• November 15, 1951 – Billy McColl, Scottish-English actor (d. 2014)
• December 6, 1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer
• December 16, 1951 – Sally Emerson, English author and poet
• December 20, 1951 – Christopher Le Brun, English painter and sculptor
• December 21, 1951 – Nick Gilder, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Sweeney Todd)