Happy birthday Mama! I think you will like the 21 of October. I love you! Historical Events for Year 1951 Jan 1st - Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines Jan 2nd - Philip Barrys Second Threshold, premieres in NYC Jan 3rd - 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians exposed as British/US agents Jan 3rd - Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (US athlete of 1950) Jan 4th - During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul Jan 5th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Womens Golf Open Jan 6th - Pardon Our French closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 perfs Jan 6th - Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes Jan 8th - Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda Jan 9th - Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an X rating, premieres Jan 9th - Washington Capitals NBA club folds Jan 10th - 1st jet passenger trip made Jan 10th - UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles Jan 12th - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title Jan 13th - German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison Jan 14th - NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27 Jan 15th - Cloud of Death rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 Jan 15th - Supreme Court rule clear & present danger of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest Jan 16th - Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi Jan 16th - Worlds largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, NYC) Jan 17th - China refuses ceases-fire in Korea Jan 18th - 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands Jan 18th - Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to hate campaign against GDR Jan 18th - NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass Jan 18th - NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts Jan 21st - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Womens Golf Open Jan 22nd - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom Jan 22nd - Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter Jan 23rd - 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg win Jan 24th - Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns Jan 25th - UN begins counter offensive in Korea Jan 26th - Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Jan 27th - Peter Pan closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances Jan 27th - US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site Jan 28th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Jan 28th - La Vie Commence Demain, which depicted artificial insemination & is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London Jan 29th - Wheres Charley? opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances Jan 29th - Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million Jan 30th - Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio Feb 1st - -50°F (-46°C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record) Feb 1st - 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated Feb 1st - 1st telecast of atomic explosion Feb 1st - Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed Feb 1st - UN condemns Peoples Republic of China as aggressor in Korea Feb 1st - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Feb 2nd - -35°F (-37°C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994) Feb 2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Feb 3rd - Victor Borge Show, debuts on NBC TV Feb 3rd - Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th time Feb 3rd - Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle Playwright Tennessee Williams Feb 3rd - Tennessee Williams Rose Tattoo, premieres in NYC Feb 4th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer Feb 4th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button Feb 6th - Broker Special train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 Feb 6th - Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear test site located 20 miles (32 km) west of Chicago Feb 6th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security Feb 9th - St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45 ABC Radio BroadcasterPaul Harvey Feb 10th - John & Marsha by Stan Freberg peaks at #21 Feb 11th - Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana) Feb 14th - Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title Feb 16th - NYC passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing Feb 16th - SF City Hall dome fire Feb 18th - 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes Feb 18th - Nepal becomes a constitutional monarchy Feb 18th - Netherlands Radio School forms Feb 21st - SC House urges Shoeless Joe Jackson be reinstated Feb 24th - Bless You All closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 perfs Middle/welterweight championship boxerSugar Ray Robinson Feb 24th - Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran & Paul Falk of GER Feb 24th - Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB Feb 24th - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA Feb 25th - Michael Todds Peep Show closes at Winter Garden NYC after 278 perf Feb 25th - 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina) Feb 25th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament Feb 26th - Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia Feb 27th - 22nd amendment ratified, limiting US Presidents to 2 terms Feb 28th - French government of Pleven dissolves Feb 28th - Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates Mar 2nd - 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston Mar 3rd - Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts Mar 6th - Belgium extends conscription to 24 months Mar 7th - Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title Mar 7th - Lillian Hellmans Autumn Garden premieres in NYC Mar 8th - Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) Physicist Edward Teller Mar 9th - Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam submit a classified paper at the Los Alamos lab, in which they proposed their revolutionary new design, staged implosion, for a practical megaton-range hydrogen bomb Mar 10th - Wheres Charley? closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs Mar 10th - FBI directorJ. Edgar Hooverdeclines post of baseball commissioner Mar 12th - Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office Mar 12th - Communist troops driven out of Seoul Mar 13th - 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms Mar 13th - Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany First Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover Mar 14th - During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul Mar 14th - Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany Mar 15th - Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Mar 17th - Government of Drees takes power Mar 17th - Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England v NZ Christchurch Mar 18th - Pat OSullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship Mar 19th - Herman Wouks Caine Mutiny published Mar 20th - Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java Mar 20th - Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded. Mar 21st - 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea Mar 21st - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage Mar 23rd - Wages in France increase 11% Mar 25th - 5th Tony Awards: Guys & Dolls & Rose Tattoo win Mar 25th - E Purcell & EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab Mar 26th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Womens Golf Open Mar 26th - USAF flag approved Mar 27th - 13th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58 Singer/Actor Frank Sinatra Mar 27th - Frank Sinatra recorded Im a Fool to Want You Mar 29th - King & I opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances Mar 29th - 23rd Academy Awards - All About Eve, Judy Holliday & J Ferrer win Mar 29th - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying Mar 31st - US tanks exceed 38° of latitude in Korea Apr 3rd - Christopher Frys Sleep of Prisoners premieres in Oxford Apr 4th - Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Peron in Buenos Aires Apr 5th - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death Golfer Ben Hogan Apr 7th - 15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280 Apr 7th - American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament Apr 7th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak Apr 11th - US President Harry Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur Apr 12th - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day Apr 15th - Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao Apr 16th - British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 Apr 17th - NY Yankee Mickey Mantles 1st game, he goes 1 for 4 Baseball Legend Mickey Mantle Apr 18th - Make a Wish opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances Apr 18th - Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms Apr 18th - France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community Apr 19th - Tree Grows in Brooklyn opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 perfs Apr 19th - 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 Apr 19th - Gen Douglas MacArthur ends his military career Apr 20th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak Apr 20th - Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators WW2 General Douglas MacArthur Apr 21st - 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3 Apr 21st - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1 Apr 22nd - Ticker-tape parade for GeneralMacArthur in NYC Apr 23rd - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Womens Golf Open Apr 24th - Betsy Rawlswins LPGA Sacramento Womens Golf Invitational Open Apr 26th - Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum Apr 27th - Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia May 1st - 600,000 march for peace & freedom in Germany May 1st - Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir LPGA Golfer Betsy Rawls May 1st - Mickey Mantles 1st HR May 1st - Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox May 3rd - Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning May 3rd - NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th) May 3rd - Royal Festival Hall opens in London May 3rd - The Festival of Britain opens. May 5th - Out of This World closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 perfs May 5th - 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6 May 6th - Pitts Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0 May 7th - Intl Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics May 7th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town) May 8th - Dacron mens suits introduced May 8th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak May 9th - Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River May 10th - Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council May 11th - Jay Forrester patents computer core memory May 12th - 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll May 14th - Sammy Fain/EY Harburgs musical Flahooley opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 40 performances May 14th - Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC May 15th - AT&T is 1st US company to have one million stockholders May 15th - The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum. May 16th - The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. May 18th - UN moves HQ to NYC May 18th - US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea May 19th - 77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4 May 19th - UN begins counter offensive in Korea May 21st - The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition - a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School. May 23rd - Peter Ustinovs Love of Four Colonels premieres in London May 24th - Racial segregation in Wash DC restaurants ruled illegal May 24th - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) MLB Legend Willie Mays May 25th - NY GiantWillie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) May 26th - Vaughan Williams Pilgrims Progress premieres in London May 27th - Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing May 27th - Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens May 28th - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st major league home run May 28th - Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishops asst of Utrecht May 28th - Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV May 29th - 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles May 30th - Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title May 30th -Indianapolis 500: Lee Wallard wins in 3:57:38.103 (203.170 km/h) May 31st - Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord Jun 1st - 1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada) Jun 1st - International Cheese treaty signed Jun 2nd - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones Jun 4th - Mississippi Valley State University founded Jun 4th - Pirates Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4 Jun 9th - Doodles Weaver Show debuts on NBC-TV Jun 11th - Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal Jun 11th - NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off things found Jun 13th - UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea Jun 14th - Courtin Time opens at National Theater NYC for 37 performances Jun 14th - 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau Jun 15th - 1st coml electronic computer dedicated Phila Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis Jun 15th - Joe Louisscored his last knock out victory Jun 16th - 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hoganshoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich Jun 16th - 83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29 Jun 17th - Flahooley closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances Jun 18th - De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election Jun 18th - In South Africa, the Suppression of Communism Act commences. Jun 20th - Cleve Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox Jun 21st - 17 opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances Golfer Ben Hogan Jun 21st - Patty Berg wins LPGA Womens Western Golf Open Jun 21st - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones Jun 22nd - Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio Jun 23rd -Treacherous British diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean flee to USSR Jun 23rd - Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage & $14M property-Kansas) Jun 24th - Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations Jun 25th - 1st color TV broadcast-CBS Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities Jun 28th - Amos n Andy premieres on CBS TV Jun 30th - Victor Borge Show last airs on NBC-TV Jun 30th - NAACP begins attack on school segregation & discrimination Jul 1st - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open Jul 1st - Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1 Jul 2nd - Bill Veeck buys St Louis Browns from Bill & Charlie DeWitt Jul 2nd - Bob & Ray show premieres on NBC radio Jul 2nd - Hugo Yarnold stumps 6 at Dundee, Worcester v Scotland Jul 2nd - Island advisor of Curacao installed Jul 2nd - Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system Golfer Sam Snead Jul 3rd - 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa Jul 5th - Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7½ games (Giants will win pennant) Jul 5th - Dr William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ) Jul 6th - 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (6-4 6-4 6-4) Jul 7th - 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (6-1 6-0) Jul 8th - Yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud Jul 9th - US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 33rd US President Harry Truman Jul 10th - 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit Jul 10th - Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong Jul 12th - Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill Jul 12th - NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0 Jul 14th - Courtin Time closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances Jul 14th - Make a Wish closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 102 perfs Jul 14th - 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) Jul 14th - Citation becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races Jul 14th - George Washington Carver monument unveiled Jul 16th - 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) Jul 16th - King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates Jul 16th - Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorks v Surrey at The Oval Novelist J. D. Salinger Jul 16th - Novel Catcher in Rye by J. D. Salinger published Jul 17th - King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Boudouin I Jul 17th - Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts, is chartered. Jul 18th - Uruguay accepts its constitution Jul 18th - Jersey JoeWalcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion Jul 19th - 2 in the Aisle opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 perfs Jul 20th - King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. Jul 21st - Dalai Lama returns to Tibet World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jersey Joe Jul 22nd - Gen Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed pres of Portugal Jul 26th - Netherlands ends state of war with Germany Jul 28th - Kiss Me, Kate closes at New Century Theater NYC after 1077 perfs Jul 28th - Walt Disneys Alice In Wonderland released Jul 30th - Ty Cobbtestifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players Jul 31st - Japan Airlines is established. Aug 1st - David Ben-Gurions Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election Aug 3rd - William H Jackson ends term as deputy director of CIA First Israeli Prime MinisterDavid Ben-Gurion Aug 5th - Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg Aug 6th - Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria Aug 7th - Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph Aug 7th - US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record) Aug 9th - Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation Aug 11th - 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois Aug 11th - 1st color baseball game (Braves vs Dodgers) telecast (WCBS-NYC) Aug 11th - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 38-6 in Ottawa Aug 11th - NY Giants lose to go 13½ games behind Bkln Dodgers, later win pennant Aug 12th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship Aug 13th - Great Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract Aug 17th - 18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0 (92,180) Aug 17th - Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica Aug 18th - Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth Aug 19th - Bill Veeck (Cleveland Indians) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 37 little person, to pinch-hit Aug 22nd - Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 Aug 24th - Bill Veecks Fans Managers Night, Browns defeat As 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on Aug 25th - Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game Aug 26th - Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart Aug 28th - Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 Aug 28th - Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak Aug 30th - US & Philippines sign mutual defense pact Aug 31st - 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf Sep 1st - PM Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad Sep 1st - US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty Sep 2nd - Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact Sep 3rd - TV soap opera Search for Tomorrow debuts on CBS Sep 4th - 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by US President Harry Truman Tennis Player Vic Seixas Sep 4th - 71st US Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas Jr (6-4 6-1 6-1) Sep 4th - NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network Sep 4th - US PresidentHarry Trumanaddresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference Sep 5th - 65th US Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (6-3 1-6 6-4) Sep 5th - 71st US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas Jr (6-4 6-1 6-1) Sep 8th - Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) Sep 8th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex Sep 9th - 1st broadcast of Love of Life on CBS-TV Sep 9th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open Sep 10th - British begin economic boycott of Iran Sep 11th - Stravinskys opera Rakes Progress, premieres in Venice Swimmer Florence Chadwick Sep 11th - Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours & 19 minutes Sep 13th - St Louis Cards beat NY Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0 Sep 14th - Giants Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats Sep 15th - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes closes at Ziegfeld NYC after 740 perfs Sep 15th - Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k (1:01:15.8) Sep 15th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ingruentium Malorum Sep 16th - 6th US Womens Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls LPGA Golfer Betsy Rawls Sep 16th - NL umpire Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players p 17th - Borscht Capades opens at Royale Theater NYC for 90 performances Sep 17th - Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years Sep 19th - 1st broadcast of Search for Tomorrow on CBS-TV Sep 19th - Italian civil servants strike for pay increase Sep 20th - 1st North Pole jet crossing Sep 20th - NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball Sep 20th - Swiss males votes against female suffrage Sep 21st - Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec Sep 24th - Industrial estate opens at Harlow New Town, England Sep 24th - USSR performs nuclear test Sep 26th - Prof Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris Sep 27th - Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan Sep 28th - Allie Reynolds 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yanks clinch pennant #18 Sep 28th - Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton Sep 28th - Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards Sep 29th - 1st color telecast of football game on network, Phila (CBS) Sep 29th - Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m & 10 mile Sep 29th - S B Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter Oct 1st - 1st Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1 Oct 1st - 1st treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson (US ambassador to Denmark) Oct 1st - 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black US military unit, deactivated Oct 2nd - 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel) Oct 2nd - Dodgers beat Giants 10-0, in 2nd game of play-offs Oct 3rd - Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers Oct 4th - In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn Soviet Union PremierJoseph Stalin Oct 6th - Stalinproclaims USSR has atom bomb Oct 7th - David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government Oct 8th - Music in the Air opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances Oct 8th - Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseballs National League Oct 9th - 5th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 2-2 at Toronto Oct 9th - Gil McDougalds World Series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1 Oct 10th - Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggios final game Oct 14th - Det Lion Jack Christiansen returns 2 punts for touchdowns vs LA Rams First Israeli Prime MinisterDavid Ben-Gurion Oct 14th - Organization of Central American States forms Oct 15th - I Love Lucy debuts on CBS TV Oct 15th - Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty Oct 15th - Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes synthesized the first oral contraceptive Oct 15th - I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS Oct 16th - The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi. Oct 17th - Egyptian army fires on British troops Oct 18th - USSR performs nuclear test Oct 19th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Womens Golf Open Actor Desi Arnaz Oct 19th - US President Harry Truman formally ends state of war with Germany Oct 20th - The Johnny Bright Incident occurred in Stillwater, Oklahoma Oct 21st - THE GREATEST MOM IN THE WORLD WAS BORN !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Oct 22nd - Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed Oct 22nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Oct 24th - Jan de Hartogs 4 Poster, premieres in NYC Oct 24th - United Nations publishes its 1st postage stamps Oct 25th - Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom Oct 26th - Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles Oct 26th - Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Oct 26th - Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister Oct 28th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Oct 30th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Oct 31st - French Second Chamber accepts the Schuman Plan Nov 1st - Johnny Mercers Top Banana opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 356 performances Nov 1st - 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, NM Nov 1st - Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella wins 1st of his 3 NL MVP Nov 1st - Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins NL MVP Nov 1st - Jet magazine founded by John H Johnson Nov 1st - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Nov 4th - 9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US) MLB Catcher Roy Campanella Nov 4th - NY Giants & NY Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns Nov 4th - Vijay Merchant scores 154 v England in his last Test Cricket innings Nov 5th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Nov 7th - Constitution of Jordan passes Nov 8th - NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berrawins 1st of his 3 MVP awards Nov 10th - 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance Nov 12th - Paint Your Wagon opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 289 performances Nov 13th - Lefty ODouls all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio & Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra Nov 15th - Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore Nov 15th - NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year Nov 18th - See it Now premieres on TV Nov 18th - British troops occupy Ismailiya Egypt Nov 18th - Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft Nov 19th - Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday Nov 19th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Nov 20th - Snowdonia becomes a British National Park Nov 24th - 17 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances Nov 24th - Music in the Air closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs Nov 24th - 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14 Nov 24th - British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge Nov 25th - 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Alabama, America Nov 25th - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears Nov 25th - Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden Nov 27th - 1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM Nov 27th - Cease-fire & demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea Nov 28th - John Van Drutens I am a Camera premieres in NYC Nov 28th - Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria Nov 29th - 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada Dec 1st - 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) Dec 1st - Benjamin Brittens opera Billy Budd premieres in London Dec 1st - Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds Dec 2nd - Borscht Capades closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances Dec 2nd - Phila sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing First Wide Receiver in NFL History Don Hutson Dec 2nd - Don Hutsons #14 jersey is retired by the Green Bay Packers, the first number retired in the history of the franchise Dec 4th - Aaron Coplands/Robbins Pied Piper premieres in NYC Dec 4th - Superheated gasses roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 Dec 4th - Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Yusouf is appointed President of Azad Kashmir Government. Dec 5th - Dragnet premieres Dec 8th - Tree Grows in Brooklyn closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 perfs Dec 8th - AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NLs suspended game rule & lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games Composer Aaron Copland Dec 9th - Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germany Dec 11th - Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement Dec 12th - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement Dec 17th - Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants Dec 19th - Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands Dec 20th - Walter Zinns Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the first nuclear reactor to produce electric power, goes live at the Argonne National Laboratory, USA Dec 21st - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement Dec 22nd - Australia cricket all out 82 v West Indies at Adelaide Baseball Player Joe DiMaggio Dec 23rd - Last Belgian communities get electricity Dec 23rd - 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) LA Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game Dec 24th - 1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor) Dec 24th - United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via UN Dec 25th - 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust v WI at Adelaide Dec 25th - West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket Dec 27th - 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) Dec 29th - Flying Enterprise in difficulty in Canal Dec 31st - 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced
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