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

1951 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1951 MCMLI
Ab urbe condita	2704
Armenian calendar	1400 ԹՎ ՌՆ
Assyrian calendar	6701
Bahá'í calendar	107–108
Balinese saka calendar	1872–1873
Bengali calendar	1358
Berber calendar	2901
British Regnal year	15 Geo. 6 – 16 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar	2495
Burmese calendar	1313
Byzantine calendar	7459–7460
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4647 or 4587     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4648 or 4588
Coptic calendar	1667–1668
Discordian calendar	3117
Ethiopian calendar	1943–1944
Hebrew calendar	5711–5712
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2007–2008
- Shaka Samvat	1872–1873
- Kali Yuga	5051–5052
Holocene calendar	11951
Igbo calendar	951–952
Iranian calendar	1329–1330
Islamic calendar	1370–1371
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 26 (昭和２６年)
Javanese calendar	1882–1883
Juche calendar	40
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4284
Minguo calendar	ROC 40 民國40年
Nanakshahi calendar	483
Thai solar calendar	2494
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 2077 or 1696 or 924     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 2078 or 1697 or 925

1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar.

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 7 - Helen Worth, English actress
• January 12 – Kirstie Alley, actress
  • Rush Limbaugh, radio personality
  • Larry Hoppen, American singer-songwriter and musician (Orleans) (d. 2012)
• January 30 – Phil Collins, English musician (Genesis)
• January 31 - Harry Wayne Casey, American keyboardist (KC & the Sunshine Band)
• 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 13 - Peabo Bryson, American singer
• April 21 - David Mallett, American folk musician
• April 25 - Fred Hubbell, politician
• April 27 – Ace Frehley, American musician (Kiss)
• April 30 - Ken Whiteley, Canadian folk musician
• May 15 - Dennis Frederiksen, American singer (Toto) (d. 2014)
• June 12 - Bun E. Carlos, American drummer (Cheap Trick)
• August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, American musician (d. 2007)
• August 19 - John Deacon, English bass guitarist (Queen)
• October 2 - Sting, English bass guitarist (The Police)
• October 10 - Adrian Nastasiu - Romanian water polo player
• November 14 - Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter
• December 1 – Jaco Pastorius, American jazz bassist (d. 1987)
• December 31 - Tom Hamilton, American bass guitarist (Aerosmith)

People who were born in this year but their day of birth is unknown

• Lee Cornes, English stand-up comedian

Deaths

• January 30 – Ferdinand Porsche, German car designer
• February 12 – Choudhary Rahmat Ali, Pakistani student
• April 9 – Sadegh Hedayat
• 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