WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1951
Find out what all happened January to October 1951

King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. (16. July 1951)

Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat. (27. January 1951)

Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War. (8. September 1951)

First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mao Khe, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp. (28. March 1951)

Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee. (3. March 1951)

The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC. (29. September 1951)

Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded. (20. March 1951)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. (29. March 1951)

Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. (4. January 1951)

Ganghwa massacre: Korean War. (6. January 1951)

Korean War: 705 suspected communist sympathizers are butchered by South Korean forces. (7. February 1951)

The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (25. February 1951)

Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy. (29. April 1951)

The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network. (3. September 1951)

CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. (28. September 1951)

American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia. (23. April 1951)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union. (5. April 1951)

The "Johnny Bright Incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma (20. October 1951)

Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau. (31. March 1951)

The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru. (13. May 1951)