What Happened In January 1951 In History

Historical Events for January, 1951

• 4th » Korean War: China called Chinese and North Korean forces Third Battle of Seoul known as capture Seoul.
• 6th » Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
• 13th » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
• 15th » Ilse Koch, "The Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
• 27th » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1951

• 1st » Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (d. 2013)
• 1st » Ashfaq Hussain, Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist
• 1st » Nana Patekar, Indian actor
• 1st » Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
• 2nd » Stipe Božić, Croatian mountaineer
• 2nd » Jim Essian, American baseball player
• 2nd » Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
• 3rd » Linda Dobbs, Sierra Leone-born former High Court judge
• 3rd » Gary Nairn, Australian politician
• 4th » Bob Black, American author and activist
• 4th » Barbara Cochran, American skier
• 4th » Ronald Corp, English priest, composer, and conductor
• 5th » Steve Arnold (footballer born 1951) or Steve Arnold, English footballer
• 5th » Jagathy Sreekumar, Indian actor and screenwriter
• 6th » Don Gullett, American baseball player
• 6th » Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• 7th » Massimo Sigala, Italian race car driver
• 7th » Helen Worth, English actress
• 7th » John Belushi called Judith Belushi-Pisano, American actress, producer and writer
• 8th » Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
• 8th » John McTiernan, American director and producer
• 8th » Karen Tei Yamashita, Japanese-American writer
• 9th » M. L. Carr, American basketball player and coach
• 9th » Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 10th » Paul DiMaggio, American educator
• 10th » Nicolas Philibert, French actor and director
• 10th » Pez Whatley, American wrestler (d. 2005)
• 11th » Willie Maddren, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 11th » Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop
• 12th » Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer
• 12th » Ann Althouse, American academic and author
• 12th » Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author
• 12th » Drew Pearson (American football) or Drew Pearson, American football player
• 13th » Bruce Hart (wrestler) e.g Bruce Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 13th » Frank E. Peretti, American author
• 16th » Glenn Ordway, American radio host
• 19th » Graham James (bishop) known as Graham James English bishop
• 19th » Arthur Taxier, American actor
• 20th » Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
• 20th » Ian Hill, English bass player (Judas Priest)
• 21st » Eric Holder, American jurist, 82nd United States Attorney General
• 22nd » Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
• 22nd » Leon Roberts, American baseball player
• 22nd » Steve J. Spears, Australian playwright, actor, and singer (d. 2007)
• 23rd » David Patrick Kelly, American actor
• 23rd » Michael R. Matz, American horse rider
• 23rd » Chesley Sullenberger, American pilot and captain
• 24th » Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
• 25th » Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)
• 25th » Leonid Telyatnikov, Kazakhstani fire fighter (d. 2004)
• 26th » Christopher North (Ambrosia), founding keyboardist for the American progressive rock band Ambrosia
• 26th » David Briggs (Australian musician) named David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Little River Band)
• 26th » Roy Goodman, English violinist and conductor
• 26th » Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Big Star) (d. 2010)
• 26th » Anne Mills, British vice-director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• 26th » Walt Willey, American actor
• 27th » Brian Downey (drummer) called Brian Downey, Irish drummer and songwriter (Thin Lizzy)
• 27th » Seth Justman, American keyboard player and songwriter (The J. Geils Band)
• 27th » Ken Timbs, American wrestler (d. 2004)
• 27th » Cees van der Knaap, Dutch politician
• 28th » Brian Bilbray, American politician
• 28th » Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 29th » Andy Roberts (cricketer) or Andy Roberts, Caribbean cricketer
• 29th » Fereydoon Foroughi, Iranian singer and actor (d. 2001)
• 30th » Phil Collins, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Genesis (band) or Genesis, Brand X, and Flaming Youth (band) or Flaming Youth)
• 30th » Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director
• 30th » Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995)
• 31st » Dave Benton, Aruban-Estonian singer
• 31st » Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (KC and the Sunshine Band)
• 31st » Phil Manzanera, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Roxy Music, Quiet Sun, and 801 (band) known as 801)
• 31st » Won Sei-hoon, South Korean intelligence officer

Famous Deaths for January 1951

• 2nd » William Campion, English army officer and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 5th » Andrei Platonov, Russian author (b. 1899)
• 7th » René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. 1886)
• 10th » Sinclair Lewis, American author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 10th » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. 1890)
• 14th » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 15th » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian sailor (b. 1887)
• 17th » Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
• 18th » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary (b. 1867)
• 22nd » Karl Nessler, German-American hairdresser, invented the Perm (hairstyle) or Perm (b. 1872)
• 22nd » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper (b. 1883)
• 27th » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 29th » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880)
• 30th » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)

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