February1951Historical Events

Events by Year

Feb 1 -50°F (-46°C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
Feb 1 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
Feb 1 Arms manufacturer Alfred Krupp (43) and 28 other convicted German war criminals granted amnesty

Feb 1 UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
Feb 1 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site; 1st live television broadcast of such detonation by KTLA in Los Angeles, California at 5:30 AM local time
Feb 2 -35°F (-37°C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
Feb 2 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

The Victor Borge Show

Feb 3 "TheVictor Borge Show" debuts on NBC-TV

Sports History

Feb 3 Dick Button wins Mens Figure Skating Championship title for 6th time

Feb 3 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle

The Rose Tattoo

Feb 3 Tennessee Williams' play "The Rose Tattoo" premieres in NYC

Feb 4 US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer
Feb 4 US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
Feb 6 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84

Harvey Arrested at Test Site

Feb 6 Radio commentatorPaul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear test site located 20 miles (32 km) west of Chicago, Illinois

Feb 6 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security

Browns Sign Paige

Feb 9 MLB St Louis Browns sign pitcherSatchel Paige at age 45

Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige

Feb 10 "John and Marsha" by Stan Freberg, a parody of daytime soap operas which had only two voices repeating each other's names, peaks at #21 in the USA

1st General Election in the Gold Coast

Feb 11 Kwame Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party wins 1st legislative general election in the Gold Coast (Ghana) in a landslide

Robinson TKOs LaMotta

Feb 14 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title

Feb 16 NYC passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing
Feb 16 San Francisco City Hall dome fire

Sports History

Feb 17 Detroit right wingGordie Howe scores his 100th career NHL goal and adds an assist in a 2-1 Red Wings' victory over the Canadiens, in Montreal, Quebec

Feb 18 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
Feb 18 Nepal becomes a constitutional monarchy
Feb 18 Netherlands Radio School forms
Feb 21 South Carolina House of Representatives urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated by Major League Baseball
Feb 22 4th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "All About Eve" Best Film
Feb 24 "Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 performances
Feb 24 Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran & Paul Falk of GER
Feb 24 Ladies' Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of Great Britain
Feb 24 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button of USA
Feb 25 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden, NYC, after 278 performances
Feb 25 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
Feb 26 Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia begins
Feb 27 22nd amendment ratified, limiting US Presidents to 2 terms