WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1951
Find out what all happened February to December 1951

The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe. (31. December 1951)

The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum. (15. May 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)

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

The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty. (1. September 1951)

Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong. (10. July 1951)

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company. (16. July 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 British radio comedy program The Goon Show was broadcast on the BBC for the first time. (28. May 1951)

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 oral contraceptives. (15. October 1951)

The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya. (22. December 1951)

Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. (15. November 1951)

The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. (16. May 1951)

Korean War: A small platoon of 28 Canadian soldiers defend a vital area against an entire battalion of 800 Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours of November 3. (2. November 1951)

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

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

Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences. (13. February 1951)

Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with China. (23. May 1951)

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