Today in History for November 1951

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 36 of 36

1st - "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 356 performances
1st - 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, NM
1st - Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella wins 1st of his 3 NL MVP
1st - Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins NL MVP
1st - Jet magazine founded by John H Johnson
1st - Johnny Mercers "Top Banana," premieres in NYC
1st - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
4th - 9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US)
4th - NY Giants & NY Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns
4th - Vijay Merchant scores 154 v England in his last Test Cricket innings
5th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
7th - Constitution of Jordan passes
8th - NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
10th - 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance
12th - "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 289 performances
13th - Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio & Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
15th - Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore
15th - NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
18th - "See it Now" premieres on TV
Lyricist and Songwriter Johnny Mercer 18th - British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
18th - Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
19th - Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday
19th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
20th - Snowdonia becomes a National Park
24th - "17" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
24th - "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs
24th - 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
24th - British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge
25th - 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Alabama, America
25th - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
25th - Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
27th - 1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM
27th - Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea
28th - John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC
28th - Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
29th - 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 63 of 63

1st - Craig Serjeant, cricketer (Australian batsman late seventies)
1st - Ronald Bell, Youngstown Oh, rock sax (Kool & The Gang)
1st - Fabrice Luchini, French actor
2nd - Kathy Hammond, US, 400m runner (Olympics-bronze-1972)
2nd - Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic
2nd - Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens)
3rd - Azmat Rana, cricketer (one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980)
3rd - Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist, New York Daily News
4th - Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter/producer (Instant Replay)
4th - Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
5th - Cindy Brooks, Gettysburg Pa, playmate (April, 1985)
5th - Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist
6th - Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney
6th - John Falsey, American television writer and producer
7th - Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer (Howard Stern New Years Party)
7th - Nick Gilder, London England, singer (Hot Child in the City)
8th - Larry Burnette, rocker (Firefall)
8th - Mary Hart, Sioux Falls SD, TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight)
8th - Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general
9th - Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, founder (Vakvereniging Medical Astrology)
9th - Lou Ferrigno, Bkln NY, body builder/actor (Incredible Hulk)
9th - Bill Mantlo, American comic book writer
10th - Morris Hatalsky, San Diego CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE White Rose-2nd)
11th - Fuzzy [Frank] Zoeller, New Albany IN, PGA golfer (Masters 1981)
11th - Kim Peek, American megasavant
13th - Beth Anders, Norristown Penn, field hockey sweeper (Oly-bronze-1984)
13th - Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer (Huey Lewis & The News)
13th - Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co (Aida)
14th - Barry Brandt, Wash DC, rock drummer (Angel)
14th - Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
14th - Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist
14th - Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
15th - Dave Zelmon, rocker
16th - Miguel Sandoval, American actor
17th - Dean Paul Martin, Santa Monica California, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science)
17th - Stephen Root, American actor
17th - Butch Davis, American football coach
18th - Marga Stubblefield, LPGA golfer
18th - Mark N Brown, Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, 48, 66)
18th - Justin Raimondo, American author
19th - Timothy J Penny, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
19th - Zeenat Aman, Indian actress
19th - Lord Falconer of Thoroton, British lawyer and politician
20th - David Walters, American politician
22nd - Kent Nagano, American conductor
23rd - Bernd Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
23rd - David Rappaport, London England, 3'11" actor (Wizard, Time Bandits)
23rd - Jorg Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
24th - Chet Edwards, (Rep-D-Texas)
24th - Gaby Landhage, Goteborg Sweden, model (Model of the Rear)
24th - Graham Price, British rugby player
25th - Bucky Dent, all star shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
25th - Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player
25th - Bill Morrissey, American musician
25th - Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
26th - La Cicciolina, [Ilona Staller], Budapest Hungary, Italian MP
27th - Jayne Kennedy, Wash DC, sportscaster (CBS)/actress (Body & Soul)
27th - Kevin Kavanaugh, rocker (Asbury Jukes) [or 8/27]
29th - Barry Goudreau, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Boston)
29th - Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist
29th - Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
30th - Christian Bernard, mystic
30th - June Chadwick, British actress

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

5th - Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72
5th - Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer, dies at 67
9th - Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer, dies at 87
9th - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian/US composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64
13th - Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77
13th - Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71
18th - John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57
18th - Vaclav Kalik, composer, dies at 60
18th - William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer, dies at 66
20th - Thomas Quinlan (impresario) (b. 1881)
25th - Raden Mas Noto Suroto, Indonesian poet (Wayang Songs), dies at 63