Major Events 1951 Your chance to see what was in the news during the year that you were born

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Major Events of 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of passing US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, sentenced to death (executed in 1953). General Douglas MacArthur replaced as US commander in Korea. United Nations Headquarters opens in New York City. EBR-I (USA) is the first nuclear power station to generate electricity: enough to power four light-bulbs. I Love Lucy makes its TV debut. First direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in United States. Libya independent from Italy. After discovery of an oversight in its admission process, Ohio is retroactively declared the 17th state admitted on March 1st, 1803. Back To Year Index

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