Year (''' MCMLI ''') was a Common Year Starting On Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- July 1 - Judy Garland opens the first of 14 concerts in Dublin , Ireland at the Theatre Royal .
- July 5 - William Shockley , John Bardeen , and Walter Brattain announce the invention of the junction Transistor .
- , Armistice negotiations begin.
- July 13 - The Great Flood Of 1951 reaches its highest point in Northeast Kansas , culminating in the greatest flood damage to date in the Midwestern United States .
- July 13 - MGM 's Technicolor film version of '' Show Boat '', starring Kathryn Grayson , Ava Gardner , and Howard Keel , premieres at Radio City Music Hall , the same theatre in which the 1936 film version premiered. The 1951 film receives mixed reviews, but becomes a box office smash. It introduces bass-baritone William Warfield (singing '' Ol' Man River '') to movie audiences and makes him nationally famous overnight.
- July 14 - In Joplin, Missouri , the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American .
- July 16 - King Léopold III Of Belgium signs the act of Abdication in favour of his son Baudouin .
- July 17 - Baudouin takes the oath as king of Belgium , after his father abdicated the day before.
- July 17 - Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts is chartered.
- July 20 - King Abdullah I Of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem .
- July 30 - David Lean 's '' Oliver Twist '' is finally shown in the United States , after ten minutes of supposedly Anti-Semitic references and closeups of Alec Guinness as Fagin are cut. The film receives excellent reviews, but few theatre engagements, and is a flop in the United States. It is not shown uncut in the U.S. until 1970 .
- October 3 - "Shot Heard 'Round the World" One of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history occurs when the New York Giants Bobby Thomson hits a game winning Home Run in the bottom of the ninth Inning off of the Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher Ralph Branca , to win the National League Pennant after being down 14 games.
- October 4 - The Gene Kelly film '' An American In Paris '' premieres in New York . It will eventually receive the Oscar for Best Picture of 1951.
- October 4 - On Oct. 4, 1951, Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. The cancer cells, named HeLa, became an important immortal cell line for cancer research.
- Shoppers World opens in Framingham, Massachusetts . It is one the first shopping malls in the U.S.
- October 7 - Malayan Emergency - Communist Insurgent s kill British commander Sir Henry Gurney
- October 15 - First Oral Contraceptive invented by Luis E. Miramontes
- October 15 - I Love Lucy debuts on CBS .
- October 16 - Judy Garland begins her legendary concerts in New York's famed Palace Theatre
- October 16 - Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan , Prime Minister of Pakistan
- October 20 - The " Johnny Bright Incident " occurred in Stillwater , Oklahoma
- October 21 - Storm in southern Italy - over 100 dead
- October 24 - President Truman declares official end to war with Germany.
- October 26 - Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister ; his Foreign Minister is Anthony Eden
- October 27 - Farouk Of Egypt declares himself also as a king of Sudan - no support
- October 31 - The 1951 version of '' Scrooge '', starring Alastair Sim , opens in England . In this version, unlike the 1935 one, the ghosts are vividly shown.
- The events of '''' take place in this year.
- January 1 - Ashfaq Hussain , Urdu poet
- January 5 - Steve Arnold , English footballer
- January 6 - Kim Wilson , American singer and harmonica player
- January 8 - Kenny Anthony , Prime Minister Of Saint Lucia
- January 8 - John McTiernan , American director, producer, and writer
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley , American actress
- January 12 - Rush Limbaugh , American radio personality
- January 20 - Ian Hill , English bassist ( Judas Priest )
- January 25 - Steve Prefontaine , American runner (d. 1975 )
- January 30 - Phil Collins , English musician and producer
- January 31 - Harry Wayne Casey , American musician, songwriter, and producer
- February 3 - Eugenijus Riabovas , Lithuanian football manager
- February 14 - Kevin Keegan , English footballer and football manager
- February 15 - Melissa Manchester , American singer
- February 15 - Jane Seymour , English actress
- February 19 - Tahir-ul-Qadri , Islamic scholar and leader
- February 20 - Gordon Brown , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
- February 25 - Don Quarrie , Jamaican sprinter
- February 27 - Steve Harley , British musician ( Cockney Rebel )
- December 16 - Mike Flanagan , baseball pitcher
- March 1 - Mike Read , British television presenter and radio disc jockey
- March 4 - Edelgard Bulmahn , German politician
- March 4 - Kenny Dalglish , Scottish footballer and football manager
- March 4 - Mike Quarry , American light heavyweight boxer (d. 2006 )
- March 4 - Chris Rea , British singer and musician
- March 4 - Linda Yamamoto , Japanese pop star
- March 6 - Gerrie Knetemann , Dutch cyclist (d. 2004 )
- March 8 - Karen Kain , Canadian ballerina
- March 12 - Susan Musgrave Canadian poet and children's writer
- March 13 - Fred Berry , American actor (d. 2003 )
- March 14 - Jerry Greenfield , co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
- March 17 - Scott Gorham , American guitarist ( Thin Lizzy )
- March 17 - Kurt Russell , American actor
- March 18 - Ben Cohen , co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
- March 24 - Tommy Hilfiger , American fashion designer
- March 26 - Carl Wieman , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 5 - Joe Bowen , Canadian Hockey Broadcaster
- April 5 - Dean Kamen , American inventor and entrepreneur
- April 5 - Frank Moulaert , Flemish scholar
- April 5 - Guy Vanderhaeghe , Canadian author
- April 6 - Bert Blyleven , Dutch Major League Baseball player
- April 7 - Janis Ian , American singer and songwriter
- April 10 - David Helvarg , American journalist and activist
- April 10 - Steven Seagal , American martial artist, holy man, musician, and actor
- April 11 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton , American socialite and murder victim (d. 1997 )
- April 13 - Peabo Bryson , American singer
- April 13 - Peter Davison , British actor
- April 13 - Max Weinberg , American drummer
- April 14 - Julian Lloyd Webber , English cellist and composer
- April 16 - Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian writer
- April 17 - Olivia Hussey , Argentine-born actress
- April 19 - Jóannes Eidesgaard , Prime Minister Of The Faroe Islands
- April 20 - Louise Jameson , British actress
- April 27 - Ace Frehley , Guitarist for the Rock band Kiss
- April 29 - Dale Earnhardt , American race car driver (d. 2001 )
- May 4 - Mick Mars , American musician
- May 9 - Christopher Dewdney , Canadian poet
- May 13 - Sharon Sayles Belton , Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- May 15 - Jonathan Richman , American musician
- May 15 - Frank Wilczek , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 19 - Joey Ramone , American musician ( The Ramones ) (d. 2001 )
- May 23 - Anatoly Karpov , Russian chess player
- May 26 - Madeleine Taylor-Quinn , Irish politician
- May 26 - Sally Ride , astronaut
- May 30 - Stephen Tobolowsky , American actor
- June 2 - Larry Robinson , Canadian hockey player
- June 5 - Suze Orman , American Financial Advisor , Writer , and Television Personality
- June 8 - Bonnie Tyler , Welsh singer
- June 12 - Andranik Margaryan , 14th Prime Minister Of Armenia (d. 2007 )
- June 12 - Brad Delp , lead vocalist of Boston (d. 2007 )
- June 14 - Paul Boateng , British politician
- June 16 - Roberto Duran , Panama nian boxer
- June 20 - Tress MacNeille , American voice actress
- June 20 - Paul Muldoon , Irish poet
- June 27 - Mary McAleese , eighth President Of Ireland
- June 28 - Lalla Ward , British actress
- June 28 - Lloyd Maines , American musician and record producer
- June 29 - Keno Don Rosa , American comic book author
- June 30 - Stanley Clarke , American bassist
- July 3 - Richard Hadlee , New Zealand cricketer
- July 5 - Rich "Goose" Gossage , baseball player
- July 8 - Anjelica Huston , American actress
- July 10 - Cheryl Wheeler , American singer and songwriter
- July 14 - Erich Hallhuber , German actor (d. 2003 )
- July 16 - Stewart Copeland , American drummer
- July 18 - Elio Di Rupo , Belgian politician
- July 21 - Robin Williams , American actor
- July 23 - Michael McConnohie , American actor
- July 24 - Chris Smith , British politician
- July 25 - Yuriy Kovalchuk , Russian Oligarch
- August 3 - Marcel Dionne , Canadian hockey player
- August 6 - Daryl Somers , Australian television personality
- August 8 - Mamoru Oshii , Japanese film director
- August 8 - Randy Shilts , American journalist and author (d. 1994 )
- August 16 - Richard Hunt , American puppeteer (d. 1992 )
- August 19 - John Deacon , English bassist ( Queen )
- August 20 - Greg Bear , American author
- August 21 - Eric Goles , Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
- August 23 - Akhmad Kadyrov , President of Chechnya
- August 23 - Queen Noor Of Jordan
- August 24 - Orson Scott Card , American writer
- August 25 - Rob Halford , English singer ( Judas Priest )
- August 26 - Edward Witten , American mathematician and Fields medalist
- September 5 - Michael Keaton , American actor
- September 7 - Julie Kavner , American actress
- September 7 - Chrissie Hynde , American singer
- September 12 - Joe Pantoliano , American actor
- September 13 - Linda Wong , pornstar (d. 1987 )
- September 18 - Darryl Stingley , Former American football player for the NFL New England Patriots (d. 2007 )
- September 21 - Aslan Maskhadov , President of Chechnya
- September 22 - David Coverdale , English singer
- September 25 - Mark Hamill , American actor
- September 26 - Stuart Tosh , Scottish musician
- September 27 - Paul Craig , English professor of law
- September 29 - Michelle Bachelet , President Of Chile
- September 29 - Andrés Caicedo , Colombian writer (d. 1977 )
- September 29 - Maureen Caird , Australian hurdler
- September 30 - Barry Marshall , Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize For Physiology Or Medicine
- October 2 - Sting , British musician
- October 3 - Bernard Cooper , American writer
- October 3 - Dave Winfield , baseball player
- October 3 - Keb Mo' , American musician
- October 4 - Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov , Kazakh poet
- October 5 - Bob Geldof , Irish musician ( The Boomtown Rats )
- October 6 - Manfred Winkelhock , German race car driver
- October 7 - John Mellencamp , American musician and songwriter
- October 10 - Epeli Ganilau , Fiji soldier and statesman
- October 11 - Jean-Jacques Goldman , French singer and songwriter
- October 18 - Mike Antonovich , American ice hockey player and executive
- October 18 - Terry McMillan , American author
- October 25 - Richard Lloyd , American guitarist of Television
- October 26 - Bootsy Collins , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- October 27 - K. K. Downing , English guitarist ( Judas Priest )
- October 30 - Harry Hamlin , American actor
- November 2 - Thomas Mallon , American author and critic
- November 3 - Diego Traibel , Uruguayan politician
- November 11 - Marc Summers , American television host
- November 15 - Alamgir Hashmi , English poet
- November 16 - Paula Vogel , American playwright
- November 16 - Miguel Sandoval , American actor
- November 18 - Justin Raimondo , American author
- November 19 - Lord Falconer Of Thoroton , British politician
- November 24 - Chet Edwards , American politician
- November 26 - Cicciolina , Italian actress and politician
- November 30 - Christian Bernard , French-born mystic
- December 1 - Sherry Aldridge , American singer, ''The Aldridge Sisters''
- December 1 - Jaco Pastorius , American bassist
- December 1 - Treat Williams , American actor
- December 2 - Adrian Devine , American baseball pitcher
- December 6 - Tomson Highway , Canadian writer
- December 8 - Bill Bryson , American-born British author
- December 8 - Jan Eggum , Norwegian singer and songwriter
- December 10 - Doug Allder , English footballer
- December 12 - Wau Holland , German hacker (d. 2001 )
- December 14 - Jan Timman , Dutch chess player
- December 17 - Ken Hitchcock , Canadian hockey coach
- December 20 - Peter May - Writer , Scottish novelist and television dramatist
- December 30 - Meredith Vieira , American television host
- January 7 - René Guénon , French-born author (b. 1886 )
- January 10 - Sinclair Lewis , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885 )
- January 18 - Amy Carmichael , Irish missionary to India (b. 1867 )
- January 21 - Yuriko Miyamoto , Japanese novelist (b. 1899 )
- January 28 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , President of Finland (b. 1867 )
- January 29 - Frank Tarrant , Australian cricketer (b. 1880 )
- January 30 - Ferdinand Porsche , German engineer (b. 1875 )
- February 9 - Eddy Duchin , American pianist and bandleader (b. 1909 )
- February 13 - Lloyd C. Douglas , American author (b. 1877 )
- February 18 - Lyman Gilmore , American aviation pioneer (b. 1874 )
- February 19 - André Gide , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869 )
- February 12 - Choudhary Rahmat Ali , one of the founding fathers of Pakistan (b. 1895 )
- March 6 - Ivor Novello , Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893 )
- March 10 - Kijūrō Shidehara ("Shidehara Kijūrō") , Prime Minister Of Japan (b. 1872 )
- March 21 - Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor (b. 1871 )
- March 25 - Eddie Collins , baseball player (b. 1887 )
- March 25 - Oscar Micheaux , American filmmaker (b. 1884 )
- April 4 - Al Christie , Canadian-born film director and producer (b. 1881 )
- April 4 - George Albert Smith , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870 )
- April 6 - Robert Broom , Scottish paleontologist (b. 1866 )
- April 14 - Ernest Bevin , British labour leader, politician, and statesman (b. 1881 )
- April 22 - Horace Donisthorpe , English myrmecologist (b. 1870 )
- April 23 - Charles G. Dawes , Vice President Of The United States , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865 )
- April 29 - Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian philosopher (b. 1889 )
- May 7 - Warner Baxter , American actor (b. 1889 )
- May 27 - Sir Thomas Albert Blamey , Australian soldier (b. 1884 )
- May 30 - Hermann Broch , Austrian author (b. 1886 )
- June 4 - Serge Koussevitzky , Russian conductor (b. 1874 )
- June 13 - Ben Chifley , Prime Minister Of Australia (b. 1885 )
- June 21 - Charles Dillon Perrine , American-born astronomer (b. 1867 )
- July 9 - Harry Heilmann , baseball player (b. 1894 )
- July 13 - Arnold Schoenberg , Austrian composer (b. 1874 )
- July 20 - King Abdullah I Of Jordan (b. 1882 )
- July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty , American filmmaker (b. 1884 )
- July 23 - Philippe Pétain , leader of Vichy France (b. 1856 )
- July 29 - Hozumi Shigeto , Japanese author (b. 1883 )
- August 14 - William Randolph Hearst , American newspaper publisher (b. 1863 )
- August 15 - Artur Schnabel , Polish pianist (b. 1882 )
- August 21 - Constant Lambert , British composer (b. 1905 )
- August 26 - Bill Barilko , Canadian hockey player (b. 1927 )
- October 6 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof , German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1884 )
- October 16 - Liaquat Ali Khan , first Prime Minister Of Pakistan (b. 1896 )
- November 5 - Reggie Walker , South African athlete (b. 1889 )
- November 9 - Sigmund Romberg , Hungarian-born composer (b. 1887 )
- November 13 - Nikolai Medtner , Russian pianist and composer (b. 1880 )
- December 5 - Shoeless Joe Jackson , baseball player (b. 1889 )
- December 6 - Harold Ross , American editor (b. 1892 )
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