WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1951
Find out what all happened January to June 1951

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

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

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

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

Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers. (14. May 1951)

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

Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. (22. April 1951)

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

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

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

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

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

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

The British radio comedy program The Goon Show was broadcast on the BBC for the first time. (28. May 1951)

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

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

Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces. (7. March 1951)