WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1951
Find out what all happened March to December 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)

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

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

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company. (16. July 1951)

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

Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong. (25. April 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)

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

The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. (4. September 1951)

Libya became an independent country. (21. December 1951)

The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition – a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School. (21. May 1951)

Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom. (26. July 1951)

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

The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi. (16. October 1951)

The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey. (11. April 1951)

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

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

Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul. (14. March 1951)