Today in History for August 1951

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 25 of 25

1st - David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election
3rd - William H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA
5th - Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
6th - Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
7th - Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
7th - US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
9th - Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
11th - 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Oklahoma, Mo & Ill
11th - 1st color baseball game (Braves vs Dodgers) telecast (WCBS-NYC)
11th - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 38-6 in Ottawa
11th - NY Giants lose to go 13½ games behind Bkln Dodgers, later win pennant
12th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
13th - Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract
17th - 18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0 (92,180)
17th - Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica
18th - Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth
19th - Bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit
22nd - Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
24th - Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on
25th - Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
26th - Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
28th - Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
28th - Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak
30th - US & Philippines sign mutual defense pact
31st - 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 63 of 63

1st - David Jasper, British principal (St Chad's College Durham England)
1st - Robin Heifetz, composer
2nd - Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy)
2nd - Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet)
2nd - Per Westerberg, Swedish politician
3rd - Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate)
3rd - Marcel Dionne, Quebec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
4th - Lane Evans, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
5th - John Jarratt, Australian actor
6th - Catherine Hicks, Scottsdale Az, actress (Star Trek IV, Child's Play)
6th - Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
7th - Gary Hall, US swimmer (Olympics-bronze/2 silver-1968, 72)
8th - Martin Brest, Bronx NY, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
8th - Phil Carlson, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1979)
8th - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
8th - Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
10th - Maria Combs, LPGA golfer
11th - Donald DeCicco, Brockton Mass, fictional ID of Beldar in Coneheads
11th - Vincent Bilodeau, Quebec actor and comedian
12th - Charles E Brady Jr, Pinehurst NC, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
12th - Hector Rodriguez, Cuba, lightweight judo (Olympic-gold-1976)
12th - Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist
13th - Dan Fogelberg, Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne)
13th - Gwen Cheeseman, Harrisburg Pa, field hockey goalie (Oly-bronze-1984)
13th - Jeff Altman, comedian/actor (Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man)
14th - Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy)
15th - Bobby Caldwell, NYC, rocker
15th - John Childs, cricketer (England left-arm spinner, two Tests v WI 1988)
15th - Daba Diawara, Malian politician
15th - Ann Biderman, American film and television writer
16th - Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992)
17th - Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
17th - Robert Joy, Montreal Quebec, actor (Big Shots, Suicide Club)
18th - Greg Pruitt, NFL running back (LA Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII)
19th - John Deacon, British pop guitarist (Queen-Somebody to Love)
19th - Lillian Muller, Grimstad Norway, playmate of year (Aug, 1975)
19th - Randi Oakes, Randalia Iowa, actress (Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs)
19th - Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer
20th - Greg[ory Dale] Bear, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity)
20th - Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist (Thin Lizzy)
20th - Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
21st - Bernhard Germeshausen, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
21st - Harry Smith, Hammond Ind, TV co-anchor (CBS Morning Show)
21st - Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
21st - Char Margolis, American medium
21st - Margo Kane, Canadian playwright.
22nd - Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
23rd - Barbra Mizrahie, LPGA golfer
23rd - Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor)
23rd - Mark Hudson, Portland Ore, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
23rd - Queen Noor, of Jordan
23rd - Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (d. 2004)
24th - Jimmy Farrar, Jacksonville Fl, rock vocalist (Molly Hatchet)
24th - Orson Scott Card, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War)
24th - Oscar Hijuelos, American author
25th - Rob Halford, heavy metal (Judas Priest-Got Another Thing) [or Oct 25]
26th - Robert G Torricelli, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983- )
27th - Don [Sheldon George] Pooley Jr, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1980 BC Open)
28th - Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
28th - Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
28th - Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer
30th - Dana, singer/actress (Flight of the Doves)
30th - Timothy Bottoms, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

3rd - Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies
11th - Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
14th - William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills
15th - Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
16th - Louis Jouvet, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), dies at 63
21st - (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45
22nd - J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1884)
28th - Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32