Iranian Oil Industry Nationalized March 15, 1951

London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain. Date: May 3, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951Tibetans Sign Seventeen Point Agreement with China, May 23, 1951San Marcos 400th Anniversary Opens Peru’s…

Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces. Date: February 7, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951United Air Lines Flight 615 Crashes Near Decoto, California, August 24,…

Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia. Date: April 23, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951Libya Gains Independence, Idris I Crowned King -…

Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe. Date: December 31, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951National Airlines Flight 83 Crashes in…

J. D. Salinger publishes his popular yet controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Date: July 16, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951Soviet Space Dogs Dezik and Tsygan First Safe Spaceflight July 22,…

Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya. Date: December 24, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951First Pan American Games Open in Buenos Aires, February 25, 1951Peak District Becomes UK’s First…