1951 year

January

• January 4 - Korean War : North Korea in alliance with China again occupied Seoul .

February

• February 9 - An agreement was signed between the USA and Pakistan in Karachi , providing for the provision of American technical assistance to Pakistan in the reconstruction and construction of strategically important communications, railways, ports and airfields ^[1] .
• February 16 - in the USSR, in connection with the state of health of JV Stalin, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (B.) Handed over all current affairs to the three - G. M. Malenkov , N. A. Bulganin , L. P. Beria .
• February 18 - King of Nepal Tribhuvan canceled the institute of hereditary prime ministers of the Rana clan, notifying him in a proclamation issued by him. He announced the formation of an interim government and the election of the Legislative Assembly. ^[2]
• February 19th
  • after the dissolution of the Communist Party of Indochina , the Communist Party of Cambodia was formed , which was later headed by Pol Pot ^[3] .
  • in the Albanian capital Tirana, underground anti-communists carried out a bloodless attack against the Soviet embassy ^[4] .
• February 26 - a group of representatives of the opposition intelligentsia was shot without trial in Albania ^[5] .

March

• March 7 - Korean War : an order was issued to launch Operation Ripper . Two lines of counteroffensive were chosen in the central part of the front line. The operation developed successfully, and in mid-March, the forces of the southern coalition crossed the Hangang River and occupied Seoul.
• March 11 - at the consultative meeting of the three communist liberation movements of Indochina, the Viet-Khmer-Lao Union ( Lien-Viet ( Vietnam ), Laos Liberation Front and Khmer Issarak ( Cambodia )) were created ^[6] .
• March 12 - The Supreme Council of the USSR adopted the Law on the Protection of Peace .
• March 15th
  • Colonel Jacobo Arbenz, who won the election, won the presidency of Guatemala . ^[7]
  • The Mejlis of Iran adopted a law on the nationalization of the oil industry ^[8] .
• March 23 - after a forced splashdown in the Atlantic , the Douglas C-124A Globemaster II plane of the US Air Force disappeared with 53 people on board.
• March 29 - The death penalty in the United States for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on charges of espionage in favor of the USSR.

April

• April 5 - the first permanent election law was adopted in Laos ^[9] .
• April 10 - the first constitution of Nepal was announced ^[10] .
• April 11 - Korean War : By order of Truman, General MacArthur was removed from command of the troops.
• April 17 - The USSR Supreme Council ratified the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims (1949) .
• April 18 - Signing of the agreement on the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Association .
• April 21 - The USSR National Olympic Committee was created .
• April 22 - Korean War : North troops launched a counterattack.
• April 25 - Clash over Key West .
• April 29 - the patriotic government of Mohammed Mosaddek came to power in Iran ^[8] .

May

• May 6 - In the presidential election in Bolivia, the majority of votes was received by the candidate of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, Victor Paz Estenssoro . Since he did not get the required number of votes, the decision to elect the president passed to the National Congress ^[11] .
• On May 11, Zelmer was founded in Poland as a state-owned factory for the production of bicycles and prams.
• May 16 - Bolivian President Mamerto Urrialagoiti transferred power to a military junta led by General Hugo Ballyvian and emigrated to Chile . A state of emergency was declared in the country, the results of the May 6 elections were declared invalid ^[11] .
• May 16 - 21 - Korean War : the next offensive of the northern coalition forces began, rather unsuccessful. It was stopped, after which the UN forces launched a full-scale offensive on the entire front. The army of the North was thrown back for the 38th parallel.

June

• June 16 - An Agreement on Technical Cooperation between Ethiopia and the United States was signed in Addis Ababa , providing for extensive technical assistance to Ethiopia in the framework of the Truman program ^[12] .
• June 17 - Elections to the Algerian Assembly were held in French Algeria . Algerian Arab opposition declared them falsified ^[13] .
• June 18 - An agreement was signed in Jeddah between Saudi Arabia and the United States on the continued operation of the US military base in Dahran and American assistance in training specialists for Saudi aviation ^[14] .
• June 24 - commercial color television broadcasting ( CBS ) began.
• June 30 - The DC-6 disaster near Fort Collins is the largest in Colorado (50 dead).

July

• July 1 - The Colombo Plan for the joint economic development of South and Southeast Asia came into force ^[15] .
• July 8 - Korean War: for the first time, the parties sat at the negotiating table in Quesong .
• July 20 - King of Jordan Abdullah ibn Hussein was shot dead in Jerusalem . His son Talal bin Abdallah entered the throne ^[16] .
• July 21 - Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-4 aircraft with 38 people on board disappeared near the Alexandrovsky archipelago ^[17] .
• July 22 - An R-1 rocket with two dogs was launched from the Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome ^[18] .
• July 25 - in Novgorod on the Nerevsky excavation birch bark letter No. 1 was discovered ^[19] .

August

• August 16 - Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Salah ad-Din announced in Parliament that the negotiations with the UK would end on the fate of the Suez Canal in response to a speech by British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison ^[20] .
• August 24 - Disaster DC-6 near Auckland .
• August 26 - mass demonstrations in Cairo demanding the termination of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 ^[21] .
• August 30 - US Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Philippine Foreign Minister Carlos Peña Romulo signed a mutual security agreement in Washington , which provided for US military intervention in the event of an external threat to the Philippines ^[22] .

September

• September 1 - An agreement between New Zealand , Australia and the United States on the establishment of the Pacific Security Pact ( ANZUS ) was signed in San Francisco ^[23] .
• September 7 - The Treaty of Friendship and Economic Relations between Ethiopia and the United States was signed in Addis Ababa , providing for freedom of trade and navigation between the two countries ^[12] (entered into force on October 8, 1953) ^[24] .
• September 8 - A separate San Francisco peace treaty was signed between Japan and a number of states, led by the United States and Great Britain . At the same time, a between Japan and the United States was signed, allowing the unhindered presence of the US Army in Japanese territory ^[12] .
• September 9 - The Royal Government of Laos concluded an Agreement on Economic Cooperation with the USA, which ensured the influx of American aid into the country and laid the foundation for US influence in Laos ^[25] .
• September 28 - Argentine President General Juan Peron announced the revelation of the military conspiracy of General Benhamin Menendez. Martial law was introduced in the country ^[26] .

October

• October 1 - Bolivian President General Hugo Bullivian, in the context of the economic crisis, signed an agreement on sending a UN permanent economic group to the country to lead the country's economy ^[27] .
• October 6 - Partisans from the Communist Party of Malaya attacked the convoy of British High Commissioner in the Malay Federation Henry Gurney and killed him ^[28] .
• October 7 - The National Constituent Assembly adopted the first constitution of Libya ^[29] .
• October 8 - Mustafa Nahhas in the Egyptian Parliament called for the denunciation of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty ^[21] .
• October 10 - The signing of the by US President Harry Truman .
• October 14 - the Organization of Central American States (JACAG) was created, which included Guatemala , Honduras , Costa Rica , El Salvador and Nicaragua ^[30] .
• October 15th
  • The Egyptian Parliament passed a law denouncing the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 ^[31] and the two Anglo-Egyptian Accords in Sudan of 1899. Sudan is declared an integral part of Egypt, King of Egypt Farouk I is proclaimed "King of Egypt and Sudan" ^{[32] [33]} .
  • In Argentina , the death penalty was introduced for participation in military conspiracies and rebellions of the army ^[34] .
• October 16 - The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan, was killed in Rawalpindi ^[35] .
• October 17 - British troops in Egypt shelled the Egyptian police barracks in Ismailia ^[36] .
• October 23 - Egyptians clash with British troops in the Suez Canal zone. In memory of the dead, the government declared October 23 as Mourning Day ^[37] .
• October 25 - Parliamentary elections in the UK , power in the country passed to the conservatives, led by Winston Churchill .

November

• November 11 - Lieutenant General Juan Domingo Peron was re-elected President of Argentina for a second term ^[34] .
• November 17 - The crash of IL-12 near Novosibirsk
• November 22 - The "Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1951" opened in the State Russian Museum .

December

• December 2 - military coup in Syria . The Supreme Military Council, led by Colonel Adib Shishekli ^{[38] [39],} comes to power.
• December 3 - skirmish between British troops and Egyptian police in Suez ^[36] .
• December 8 - Egypt rejected the British demand to clear the Kafr Ahmed Abdo quarter in Suez from the Fed , who attacked British troops in the Suez Canal zone. Britain carried out a tank operation in the quarter, after which Egypt recalled the ambassador from London and requisitioned the English club in Cairo ^[37] .
• December 16 - C-46 Crash at Elizabeth .
• December 20 - The All-Union Art Exhibition opened in Moscow at the State Tretyakov Gallery .
• December 24 - Libya was the first of the African colonies to gain independence by decision of the UN General Assembly . The United Kingdom of Libya , headed by King Idris I , was proclaimed, uniting the British-controlled Tripolitania and Cyrenaica and controlled by France Fezzan ^[40] .
• December 25 - the first Prime Minister of Libya was appointed a member of the Government of Tripolitania Mahmoud al-Muntaser (until February 19, 1954 ) ^{[41] [42]} .
• December 26 - The Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR legislated the creation of the foundations of socialism in the republic and amended the constitution of the Lithuanian SSR ^[43] .
• December 30 - Marshall’s plan officially ended. ^[44]

No exact dates

• The European Coal and Steel Association (EUSC) was created, which included 6 West European states.
• The Central Television Studio of the USSR was created (the prototype of the first program).
• Winter of Terror in the Alps.
• The government of San Marino decided to open a casino and build a powerful television and radio station. Italy protested and declared the blockade of San Marino. The small state had to give in.

The person of the year, according to Time magazine, is Mohammed Mossadyk , the Prime Minister of Iran .

See also: Category: Born in 1951

January

• January 20 - Ian Hill , bass player of the English band Judas Priest .
• January 29 - Yevgeny Kushnaryov , Soviet and Ukrainian statesman and politician, leader of local self-government (killed in 2007 ).
• January 30 - Phil Collins , an English rock musician, composer, actor, winner of 7 Grammys and an Oscar .

February

• February 1 - Konstantin Nikolsky , Russian rock musician, author and singer of songs.
• February 5 - Nikolai Merkushkin , Russian statesman, head of the Republic of Mordovia since 1995.
• February 20 - Gordon Brown , 74th British Prime Minister.

March

• March 13 - Irina Alferova , Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia.
• March 17 - Kurt Russell , American actor, screenwriter and producer.
• March 22 - Musa Manarov , astronaut , Hero of the Soviet Union, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
• March 24 - Alexander Serov , Soviet and Russian pop singer.
• March 26 - Alexei Buldakov , Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, people's artist of Russia (d. In 2019 ).
• March 29 - Alexander Fatyushin , Soviet and Russian actor (d. In 2003 ).

April

• April 11 - James Patrick Kelly , American science fiction writer .
• April 14 - Peter Mamonov , Russian musician, actor, showman.

May

• May 1 - Sally Mann , American photographer.
• May 3 - Tatyana Tolstaya , Russian writer, publicist and TV presenter.
• May 23 - Anatoly Karpov , world chess champion .
• May 30 - Zdravko Cholic , Yugoslavian pop singer and composer, representing Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 .

June

• June 2 - Igor Gataullin , Soviet and Russian guitarist, author, producer.
• June 5 - Yuri Vyazemsky , Russian TV presenter of the program Clever and Clever.
• June 21 - Alan Silson , electric guitarist for the Smokie band.

July

• July 3 - Jean-Claude Duvalier , son and successor of François Duvalier as President of Haiti . At the time of taking office as president in 1971 - the youngest president in the world.
• July 6 - William Sears MacArthur Jr. , american astronaut .
• July 11 - Nikolai Patrushev , Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, former Director of the FSB of Russia , Hero of the Russian Federation.
• July 14 - Sergius (Sokolov) , Bishop of Novosibirsk and Berdsky .
• July 19 - Abel Ferrara , American filmmaker, video maker (“Body Thieves”, “California”).
• July 21 - Robin Williams , American actor, screenwriter, producer and stand-up comedian. (d. in 2014 )
• July 22 - Oleg Gazmanov , Russian pop singer, composer and poet, people's artist of Russia (2001).

August

• August 2 - Joe Lynn Turner , American rock musician, former frontman for Rainbow bands, Deep Purple .
• August 8 - Mamoru Hosea , Japanese film director, screenwriter, anime director .
• August 8 - Stanislav Sadalsky , Soviet and Russian actor.
• August 19 - John Deacon , bass player for the English rock band Queen .
• August 19 - Vladimir Konkin , Soviet and Russian actor.
• August 21 - Glenn Hughes , English vocalist and rock musician.
• August 23 - Akhmat Kadyrov , first president of Chechnya, Hero of the Russian Federation (d. In 2004 ).

September

• September 1 - Timothy Zahn , American science fiction writer .
• September 5 - Michael Keaton , (real name Michael John Douglas), American film actor ("Batman", "Batman Returns", "No Words", "Emergency Measures").
• September 13 - Alexander Rosenbaum , Soviet and Russian bard, singer, composer, actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1996), People's Artist of Russia (2001).
• September 17 - Cassandra Peterson , American actress, best known for the image of Elvira - Lady of Darkness in film and television.
• September 25 - Mark Hamill , American actor, ( Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope ).

October

• October 1 - Nina Usatova , Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, people's artist of Russia.
• October 2 - Sting , an English rock musician and actor, leader of The Police in 1976–84. Since 1984 he has been performing solo.
• October 4 - Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov , Kazakh poet.
• October 6 - Irina Shevchuk , Soviet film actress.
• October 10 - Dmitry Svetozarov , Soviet, Russian film director.

November

• November 8 - Stas Namin , Russian musician, composer and producer, artist and photographer, director and producer of theater and cinema, entrepreneur.
• November 10 - Viktor Sukhorukov , Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
• November 25 - Charlene Harris , American writer.
• November 25 - Arturo Perez-Reverte , Spanish writer and journalist.
• November 27 - Katherine Bigelow - American director, Academy Award winner in the nomination "Best Director".

December

• December 1 - Jaco Pastorius , American jazz bass player.
• December 12 - Fedor Konyukhov , Russian traveler, artist, writer.

See also: Category: Deaths in 1951

• January 5 - Andrei Platonov , Russian writer.
• January 25 - Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov , Soviet physicist, academician (1932), president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1945).
• May 13 - Spiridon Kazanjiev , Bulgarian psychologist and idealist philosopher, academician.
• October 16 - Liaqat Ali Khan , the first Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951, Qa'id-i Millat (“leader of the nation”) (born 1895 ).
• 16 октября — Максим Максимович Литвинов , российский революционер , советский дипломат и государственный деятель (род. 1876 ).

• Физика — Джон Дуглас Кокрофт и Эрнест Томас Синтон Уолтон — «За исследовательскую работу по превращению атомных ядер с помощью искусственно ускоряемых атомных частиц».
• Химия — Эдвин Макмиллан и Гленн Сиборг — «За открытия в области химии трансурановых элементов».
• Медицина и физиология — Макс Тейлер — за открытия, связанные с жёлтой лихорадкой и её лечением.
• Литература — Пер Лагерквист — «За художественную силу и абсолютную независимость суждений писателя, который искал ответы на вечные вопросы, стоящие перед человечеством».
• Премия мира — Леон Жуо