Historical Events for February 1951
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Months in 1951: January March April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 40 of 40
1st - -50°F (-46°C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
1st - 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
1st - 1st telecast of atomic explosion
1st - Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed
1st - UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1st - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2nd - -35°F (-37°C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV
3rd - Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th time
3rd - Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
3rd - Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in NYC
4th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer
4th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
6th - "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84
6th - Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into
6th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security
9th - St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
10th - "John & Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
10th - Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
11th - Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
14th - Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title
16th - NYC passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing
16th - SF City Hall dome fire
18th - 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
18th - Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy
18th - Netherlands Radio School forms
21st - SC House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated
24th - "Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 perfs
24th - Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran & Paul Falk of GER
24th - Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB
24th - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA
25th - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 278 perf
25th - 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
25th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament
26th - 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified
26th - Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
27th - 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms
28th - French govt of Pleven dissolves
28th - Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
