WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1951
Find out what all happened August to December 1951

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

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

The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations. (17. December 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)

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)

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)

With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. (10. November 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)

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

The first episode of I Love Lucy, an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, airs on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). (15. October 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)

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

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

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

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

Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary. (1. November 1951)

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

Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya. (24. December 1951)

The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs. (20. December 1951)

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