WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1951
Find out what all happened January to April 1951

American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia. (23. April 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 Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history. (6. February 1951)

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

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

General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military. (19. April 1951)

Dan Gavriliu performs the first surgical replacement of a human organ. (20. April 1951)

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified. (27. February 1951)

Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea. (11. April 1951)

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

The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. (6. March 1951)

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

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

First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France. (13. January 1951)

Korean War: Geochang massacre (9. February 1951)

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. (15. January 1951)

The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park. (17. April 1951)

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