What Happened In July 1951 In History

Historical Events for July, 1951

• 4th » A court in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic or Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• 4th » William Shockley announced the invention of the Bipolar junction transistor or junction transistor.
• 10th » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• 16th » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin of Belgium called Baudouin I of Belgium.
• 16th » 'The Catcher in the Rye' by J. D. Salinger is published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company.
• 20th » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• 22nd » Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") are the Soviet space dogs e.g first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1951

• 1st » Trevor Eve, English actor and producer
• 1st » Anne Feeney, American singer-songwriter and activist
• 1st » Julia Goodfellow, English physicist and academic
• 1st » Klaus-Peter Justus, German runner
• 1st » Tom Kozelko, American basketball player
• 1st » Terrence Mann, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1st » Victor Willis, American singer, songwriter, pianist, and actor (Village People)
• 2nd » Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1997)
• 2nd » Jack Gantos, American author
• 2nd » Michele Santoro, Italian journalist
• 3rd » Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti
• 3rd » Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
• 4th » Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• 4th » Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
• 5th » Keiko Fuji, Japanese singer and actress (d. 2013)
• 5th » Goose Gossage, American baseball player
• 5th » Roger Wicker, American colonel, lawyer, and politician
• 6th » Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
• 7th » Tom Fox (Quaker) called Tom Fox, American activist (d. 2006)
• 8th » Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 8th » Anjelica Huston, American actress and director
• 9th » Chris Cooper, American actor
• 10th » Judy Mallaber, English politician
• 10th » Phyllis Smith, American actress
• 10th » Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 11th » Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach
• 12th » Joan Bauer (novelist) known as Joan Bauer, American author
• 12th » Brian Grazer, American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment
• 12th » Cheryl Ladd, American actress and singer
• 12th » Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer
• 12th » Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano
• 12th » Jamey Sheridan, American actor and producer
• 13th » Rob Bishop, American educator and politician
• 13th » Didi Conn, American actress and singer
• 14th » Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003)
• 14th » Michael Adrian Richards, English oncologist
• 15th » Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 15th » Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota
• 16th » Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist
• 16th » Lorraine Chase, English actress and model
• 17th » Lucie Arnaz, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 17th » Mark Bowden, American author
• 17th » Andrew Robathan, English soldier and politician
• 18th » Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 18th » Margo Martindale, American actress
• 19th » Abel Ferrara, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 19th » Reza Kianian, Iranian actor
• 19th » Jayson Stark, American journalist
• 20th » Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter
• 20th » Phyllis Smith, American actress
• 21st » Robin Williams, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)
• 22nd » Richard Bennett (guitarist) known as Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer (The Notorious Cherry Bombs)
• 22nd » J. V. Cain, American football player (d. 1979)
• 22nd » Patriarch Daniel of Romania
• 23rd » Edie McClurg, American actress
• 23rd » Michael McConnohie, American voice actor and screenwriter
• 23rd » Glen Weir, Canadian football player
• 24th » Lynda Carter, American actress and singer
• 24th » Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds) (d. 2013)
• 24th » Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
• 25th » Jack Thompson (activist) named Jack Thompson, American lawyer and activist
• 25th » Verdine White, American bass player and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 26th » Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 27th » Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 27th » Bob Diamond (banker) or Bob Diamond, American banker
• 27th » Rolf Thung, Dutch tennis player
• 28th » Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
• 28th » Doug Collins (basketball) or Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
• 28th » Barbara Stocking, English civil servant and academic
• 28th » Anthony A. Williams, American lawyer and politician, 5th Mayor of the District of Columbia
• 29th » Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist
• 29th » Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach
• 29th » Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
• 30th » Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
• 30th » Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor
• 31st » Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
• 31st » Werner Novak, German footballer
• 31st » Barry Van Dyke, American actor and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for July 1951

• 9th » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
• 13th » Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (b. 1874)
• 20th » Abdullah I of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 20th » Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (b. 1882)
• 23rd » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
• 23rd » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
• 27th » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)

• « Year 1950
• Year 1952 »