1951 Trivia
-Congress passes 22nd Amendment, limiting a President to two terms.
-Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of passing U.S. nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union; both are sentenced to death.
-Electricity generated from nuclear power for the first time.
-World Series:New York Yankees over New York Giants, 4-2.
-I Love Lucy debuts.
-JD Salinger publishes his famous work, The Catcher in the Rye.
-Color television is introduced. First color broadcast transmitted from CBS in New York.
-The first Park-O-Mat parking garage opens in Washington, D.C.
-Jay Forrester files a patent application for the matrix core memory. (RAM as we know it today)
-Death of a Salesman is released.
-Ford Country Squire is first produced. (Iconic station wagon)
-Iranian Prime Minister Haj Ali Razmara is assassinated.
-Edward Kennedy is caught cheating on an exam and leaves Harvard.
-Dezik and Tsygan become the first dogs to make an orbital flight.
-Ronald Reagan appears as Professor Peter Boyd in “Bedtime for Bonzo.”
- Jan 9th – “Life After Death”, the first movie to be rated X, appears.
-Jan 10th - 1st jet passenger trip made.
-Jan 10th - UN headquarters opens in ManhattanNY.
- Jan 12th – Rush Limbaugh is born.
-Jan 15th - Supreme Court rule "clear & present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest.
-Mar 8th - International Table Tennis Federation bans Egyptfor refusing to play Israel.
-Mar 2nd – the first NBA All-Star Game is held in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Apr 6th – Bert Blyleven, pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer, is born.
-Apr 11th - Pres Truman relieves Gen Douglas McArthur of command.
-May 1st - Mickey Mantle's 1st home run.
-May 7th - Intl Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics.
- May 8th – Philip Bailey, member of “Earth, Wind, and Fire” is born.
- May 16th – Pierce Brosnan is born.
- May 26th – Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, is born.
- May 30th – Fernando Lugo, President of Paraguay, is born.
- Jun 5th – Joe Biden’s wife, Jill Jacobs Biden, is born.
-Jun 11th - NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off things found.
- Jun 27th – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, is born.
- Jul 9th – Umaru Yar-Adua, former President of Nigeria, is born.
-Jul 16th - King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates.
- Jul 17th – Luci Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, is born.
-Jul 28th - "Kiss Me, Kate" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 performances.
-Aug 23rd – former president of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov, is born.
- Aug 23rd – Queen Noor, dowager Queen of Jordan is born.
- Aug 24th – Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game, is born.
-Sep 1st–Prime Minister Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad.
-Sep 16th - NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players.
- Sep 25th – Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, is born.
-Sep 29th – Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile from 2006-2010, is born.
-Oct 1st - 1st treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson.
- Oct 2nd – Sting, lead singer of the Police, is born.
-Oct 6th - Stalin proclaims that Russia has an atom bomb.
-Oct 6th – Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the Kellogg Company, dies.
- Nov 24th – Antonio Oscar Carmona, President of Portugal, dies.
- Nov 27th – Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker, is born.
-Dec 13th - Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher.
- Dec 27th – Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico, is born.
How Much things cost in 1951 It was difficult to find a really legitimate looking source, and this was the closest I came.
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 7.88%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK9.5%
Average Cost of new house $9.000.00
Average wages per year $3,510.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 19 cents
Average Cost of a new car $1,500.00
Loaf of Bread 16 cents
LB of Hamburger Meat 50 cents
Bacon per LB 52 cents
Eggs per dozen 24 cents