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What Happened In October 1951 In History

Historical Events for October, 1951

  • 15th » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three combined oral contraceptive pill or oral contraceptives.
  • 15th » The first episode of 'I Love Lucy', an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
  • 16th » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassination known as assassinated in Rawalpindi.
  • 20th » The "Johnny Bright Incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma called Stillwater, Oklahoma

Famous Birthdays on October in 1951

  • 1st » Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (April Wine and Mashmakhan)
  • 2nd » Sting (musician) known as Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (The Police)
  • 2nd » Romina Power, American-Italian singer and actress
  • 3rd » Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 4th » Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author
  • 5th » Karen Allen, American actress
  • 5th » Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (The Boomtown Rats)
  • 6th » Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
  • 6th » Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
  • 7th » David J. Halberstam, American sportscaster
  • 7th » John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 8th » Timo Salonen, Finnish rally driver
  • 8th » Shannon C. Stimson, American political theorist
  • 10th » Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs
  • 10th » Hannes Maasel, Estonian politician
  • 11th » Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
  • 11th » Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Taï Phong and Fredericks Goldman Jones)
  • 11th » Shannon Rubicam, singer (Boy Meets Girl (band) called Boy Meets Girl)
  • 12th » Sally Little, South African-American golfer
  • 12th » Ed Royce, American politician
  • 13th » Johann Kniewasser, Austrian skier (d. 2012)
  • 14th » Aad van den Hoek, Dutch cyclist
  • 15th » Peter Richardson (British director) named Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 15th » Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player
  • 15th » A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Dutch author
  • 17th » Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
  • 17th » Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
  • 17th » Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist (Hometown Band, The Pied Pumkin, and UHF (Canadian band) known as UHF)
  • 18th » Mike Antonovich (ice hockey) e.g Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 18th » Pam Dawber, American actress
  • 18th » Terry McMillan, American author
  • 18th » Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter (Van der Graaf Generator and The Misunderstood) (d. 2013)
  • 19th » Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist
  • 20th » Al Greenwood, American keyboard player (Foreigner (band) or Foreigner)
  • 20th » Patrick Hall (politician) known as Patrick Hall, English politician
  • 20th » Ken Ham, Australian evangelist
  • 20th » Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish politician
  • 20th » Claudio Ranieri, Italian footballer and manager
  • 21st » Dmitry Gayev, Russian civil servant (d. 2012)
  • 22nd » William David Sanders, American educator, victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
  • 23rd » Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Sui Generis, Serú Girán, and La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros)
  • 23rd » Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
  • 24th » George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
  • 25th » Richard Lloyd (guitarist) named Richard Lloyd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Television (band) called Television and Rocket from the Tombs)
  • 26th » Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Parliament-Funkadelic and Praxis (band) known as Praxis)
  • 26th » Tommy Mars, American keyboard player
  • 26th » Julian Schnabel, American director and screenwriter
  • 27th » K. K. Downing, English guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
  • 27th » Carlos Frenk, Mexican-English cosmologist
  • 27th » Nancy Jacobs, American politician
  • 27th » Jayne Kennedy, American model, actress, and sportscaster
  • 27th » Éric Morena, French singer
  • 28th » Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, American conjoined twins
  • 28th » Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
  • 29th » Dirk Kempthorne, American politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior
  • 29th » Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host
  • 30th » Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter (Oregon (band) known as Oregon and Tabla Beat Science)
  • 30th » Harry Hamlin, American actor
  • 30th » Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
  • 31st » Nick Saban, American football player and coach
  • 31st » Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Famous Deaths for October 1951

  • 1st » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
  • 4th » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
  • 4th » Willie Moretti, Italian-American gangster (b. 1894)
  • 6th » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
  • 6th » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1884)
  • 7th » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)

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