WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1951
Find out what all happened January to September 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)

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

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

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

The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru. (13. May 1951)

UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. (14. June 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)

Ganghwa massacre: Korean War. (6. 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)

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

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

William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor. (4. July 1951)

A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage. (4. July 1951)

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

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