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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

• January 27, 1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.
• 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
• February 25, 1951 – The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 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 3, 1951 – London’s Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• September 3, 1951 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
• September 28, 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
• December 17, 1951 – The American Civil Rights Congress delivers “We Charge Genocide” to the United Nations.
• December 20, 1951 – The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

Who Were Born On 1951?

• March 4, 1951 – Mike Quarry, American boxer (d. 2006)
• April 27, 1951 – Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter (Kiss, Wicked Lester, and Frehley’s Comet)
• June 21, 1951 – Nils Lofgren, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band and Crazy Horse)
• June 29, 1951 – Don Rosa, American author and illustrator
• August 9, 1951 – Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
• September 11, 1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player
• September 20, 1951 – Mike Graham, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2012)
• October 18, 1951 – Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
• October 26, 1951 – Julian Schnabel, American painter, director, and screenwriter
• November 24, 1951 – Graham Price, Egyptian-Welsh rugby player