Date: January 6, 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. Date: February 6, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day…
Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, outside a mosque in Tehran. Date: March 7, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951Chinese and…
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crashes in Lynnhurst, Minneapolis, killing 15 people. Date: March 7, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951El Al Launches First Regular Transatlantic Flights Between New York and London May…
King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. Date: July 20, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951EBR-1 First Nuclear Power Plant Generates Electricity, December 20,…
Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return. Date: July 22, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This…
The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations. Date: December 17, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1951North American Numbering Plan Enables Direct-Dial Coast-to-Coast Calls, November 10, 1951Pennsylvania Railroad…