1951

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1920s  1930s  1940s  – 1950s –  1960s  1970s  1980s
Years:	1948 1949 1950 – 1951 – 1952 1953 1954

Events

• January 4 – The Communist forces of North Korea and China seize the city of Seoul.
• Bette Nesmith Graham invents Liquid Paper

Births

• January 6 – Kim Wilson, blues singer and harmonica player
• January 12 – Kirstie Alley, actress
  • Rush Limbaugh, radio personality
• January 30 – Phil Collins, English musician
• February 6 – Princess Daphné of Belgium
• February 14 – Kevin Keegan, English footballer and football manager
• February 15 – Melissa Manchester, singer
• February 15 – Jane Seymour, actress
• February 18 – Dale Earnhardt, American racing car driver (d. 2001)
• February 19 – Tahir-ul-Qadri, Islamic scholar and leader
• February 20 – Gordon Brown, Scottish politician
• February 25 – Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter
• March 4 – Kenny Dalglish Scottish footballer and football manager
• March 4 – Chris Rea, British singer and musician
• March 8 – Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
• March 17 – Kurt Russell, actor
• March 24 – Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
• April 13 – Peter Davison, actor
• April 27 – Ace Frehley, American musician
• August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, American musician (d. 2007)

Deaths

• January 30 – Ferdinand Porsche, German car designer
• February 12 – Choudhary Rahmat Ali, Pakistani student
• July 13 – Arnold Schoenberg

Movies released

• A Streetcar Named Desire
• The African Queen
• Calamity Jane
• Flying Leathernecks
• The Thing From Another World
• No Highway
• Alice in Wonderland
• On the Riviera
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• When Worlds Collide
• Bedtime for Bonzo
• Miss Julie
• Strangers on a Train
• Rashomon
• Miracle in Milan
• The Lavender Hill Mob
• An American in Paris
• Death of a Salesman
• Gerald McBoing-Boing
• The Man in the White Suit
• A Place in the Sun
• The Big Carnival

Hit Songs

• "Aba Daba Honeymoon" – Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter
• "Because" – Mario Lanza
• "Because Of You" – Tony Bennett
• "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" – Guy Mitchell
• "Blue Tango" – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra
• "Cold, Cold Heart" – Tony Bennett
• "Come On-A My House" – Rosemary Clooney
• "Cry" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
• "Detour" – Patti Page
• "Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" – Patti Page
• "Down Yonder" – Del Wood
• "Down Yonder" – Champ Butler
• "Flamenco" – Frankie Laine
• "Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady)" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
• "The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" – Frankie Laine
• "Get Happy" – Frankie Laine
• "Get Out Those Old Records" – Guy Lombardo (The Lombardo Trio vocals)
• "The Girl In The Wood" – Frankie Laine
• "Give Me Time" – Johnnie Ray
• "Gone Fishin'" – Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong
• "Got Him Off My Hands" – Georgia Gibbs
• "Hello, Young Lovers" – Perry Como
• "Hello, Young Lovers" – Guy Lombardo (Kenny Martin vocals)
• "Hey, Good Lookin'" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
• "The Hot Canary" – Florian Zabach
• "How High The Moon" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
• "I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat" – Mel Blanc
• "If" – Perry Como
• "It Is No Secret" – Bill Kenny & The Song Spinners
• "It's All In the Game" – Tommy Edwards
• "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters
• "Jealousy (Jalousie)" – Frankie Laine
• "Jezebel" – Frankie Laine
• "The Little White Cloud That Cried" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
• "The Loveliest Night Of The Year" – Mario Lanza
• "Lullaby Of Broadway" – Doris Day
• "Mister And Mississippi" – Patti Page
• "Mockin' Bird Hill" – Patti Page
• "My Heart Cries For You" – Dinah Shore
• "My Truly, Truly Fair" – Guy Mitchell
• "On Top Of Old Smoky" – The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson
• "Once Upon A Nickel" – Georgia Gibbs
• "One For My Baby" – Frankie Laine
• "Paths Of Paradise" – Johnnie Ray
• "Pretty-Eyed Baby" – Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine
• "Red Sails In The Sunset" – Nat King Cole
• "Rose, Rose I Love You" – Frankie Laine
• "Shanghai" – Doris Day
• "Sin" – Eddie Howard & his Orchestra
• "Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" – Vaughn Monroe
• "The Sparrow In The Treetop" – Guy Mitchell
• "A Sunday Kind Of Love" – Jo Stafford
• "Sweet Violets" – Dinah Shore
• "The Syncopated Clock" – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra
• "Tell Me" – Doris Day
• "Tell Me Why" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
• "Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye" – Johnnie Ray
• "Tom's Tune" – Georgia Gibbs
• "Too Young" – Nat King Cole
• "Undecided" – The Ames Brothers
• "When It's Sleep Time Down South" – Frankie Laine
• "While You Danced, Danced, Danced" – Georgia Gibbs
• "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" – Les Paul and Mary Ford

New Books

• The Balance Wheel – Taylor Caldwell
• The Blessing – Nancy Mitford
• Boy at the Window – Owen Dodson
• The Caine Mutiny – Herman Wouk
• The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
• The Cruel Sea – Nicholas Monsarrat
• The Daughter of Time – Josephine Tey
• The Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
• Foundation – Isaac Asimov
• The Foundling – Cardinal Spellman
• From Here to Eternity – James Jones
• Galactic Storm – Gill Hunt
• Lie Down In Darkness – William Styron
• Log from the Sea of Cortez – John Steinbeck
• The Loved and the Lost – Morley Callaghan
• Mémoires d'Hadrien – Marguerite Yourcenar
• Moses – Sholem Asch
• My Cousin Rachel – Daphne du Maurier
• Prince Caspian – C. S. Lewis
• A Question of Upbringing – Anthony Powell
• Return to Paradise – James A. Michener
• Spartacus – Howard Fast
• Tempest-Tost – Robertson Davies
• The Wanderer – Mika Waltari
• A Woman Called Fancy – Frank Yerby