1951

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: January 9. United Nations headquarters in New York City officially opens.

• Real World: January 17. Seoul is captured by North Korean and Chinese forces.

• Real World: January 27. U.S. nuclear testing begins at the Nevada Test Site.

• Real World: February 27. The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, limiting presidents to two terms.

• Real World: March 14. U.N. forces recapture Seoul.

• Real World: May 15. A military coup occurs in Bolivia.

• Real World: July 5. The junction transistor is invented by William Shockley.

• Real World: July 10. Negotiations for an armistice in the Korean War begin in Kaesong.

• Real World: September 1. The ANZUS Treaty (for mutual defense) is signed by the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.

• Real World: September 26. A "blue sun" is seen this day and for two days afterwards, caused by ash in the atmosphere from forest fires in British Columbia months prior.

• Real World: October 16. Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, is assassinated.

• Real World: October 26. Winston Churchill is re-elected Prime Minister of Great Britain.

• Real World: November 10. "Direct-dial coast-to-coast" telephone service begins in the U.S.

• Real World: November 11. Juan Peron is re-elected President of Argentina.

• Real World: December 24. Libya becomes independent from Italy.

Undated Events

• It's Walky: The future Linda Walkerton is born. (It's Walky! - The Cast)

• Superman (Films): The crystalline ship carrying baby Kal-El lands in a field near Smallville, Kansas, and is discovered by an elderly couple, the Kents. (Superman: The Movie)

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

Foundation by Isaac Asimov, Spartacus by Howard Fast, The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein, Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis.

Notable Films

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, The African Queen, Alice in Wonderland, Angels in the Outfield, Best of the Badmen, Captain Horatio Hornblower, A Christmas Carol, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Flight to Mars, Ghost Ship, The Lost Continent, The Man from Planet X, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Superman and the Mole Men, The Thing from Another World, When Worlds Collide.

Notable Comic Books

First appearances of the Junior Woodchucks, Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin, and the Beagle Boys.

Notable Television Series

• Continuing: Captain Video and His Video Rangers (Season 3), Space Patrol (Season 2), Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (Season 2).

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