1951 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1951 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Prime Minister - Clement Atlee Labour Party, Winston Churchill Conservative Party
[edit] Events
- 17 April - the submarine Affray sinks killing its 75 crew. [1]
- March - Pineapple Poll, a Gilbert and Sullivan inspired comic ballet, created by choreographer John Cranko with arranger Sir Charles Mackerras premiered at Sadler's Wells Theatre by the Sadler's Wells Ballet.[2]
- 3 May - George VI opens the Festival of Britain. [3]
- 7–8 June - Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean defect to the USSR. [4]
- 15 August - the first Miss World beauty pageant held as part of the Festival of Britain. [4]
- 14 September - Clement Atlee opens the largest oil refeinery in Europe at Fawley on Southampton Water.[5]
- 23 September - George VI has an operation to remove part of his lung. [6]
- 30 September - Festival of Britain ends. [7]
- 26 October - Conservative Party under Winston Churchill wins the general election, regained the position of Prime Minister that he lost six years ago. [8]
- 2 November - 6,000 British troops are sent to Egypt to deal with anti-British disturbances at Fayid in the Suez Canal Zone of the country. [1]
- 20 November - More than 1,000 families of British servicemen begin to move out of the Suez Canal Zone of Egypt after a shooting which claimed the lives of five British soldiers as well as nine Egyptian civilians.
[edit] Unknown dates
- John Cockcroft wins the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Ernest Walton "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles". [9]
- The first three National parks of England and Wales are established: Snowdonia, the Peak District and the Lake District.
[edit] Births
- 5 January - Steve Arnold, footballer
- 30 January - Phil Collins, musician and producer
- 14 February - Kevin Keegan, footballer and football manager
- 15 February - Jane Seymour, actress
- 20 February - Gordon Brown, Prime Minister
- 27 February - Steve Harley, musician (Cockney Rebel)
- 1 March - Mike Read, television presenter and radio disc jockey
- 4 March - Kenny Dalglish, footballer and football manager
- 4 March - Chris Rea, singer and musician
- 13 April - Peter Davison, actor
- 14 April - Julian Lloyd Webber, cellist and composer
- 20 April - Louise Jameson, actress
- 25 April - Ian McCartney, politician
- 8 June - Bonnie Tyler, singer
- 14 June - Paul Boateng, politician
- 28 June - Lalla Ward, actress
- 24 July - Chris Smith, politician
- 19 August - John Deacon, bassist (Queen)
- 22 September - David Coverdale, singer
- 26 September - Stuart Tosh, musician
- 27 September - Paul Craig, professor of law
- 2 October - Sting, musician
- 15 November - Alamgir Hashmi, poet
- 19 November - Lord Falconer of Thoroton, politician
- 8 December - Bill Bryson, American-born British author
- 10 December - Doug Allder, footballer
- 20 December - Peter May, novelist and television dramatist
[edit] Deaths
- 25 February - Percy Malcolm Stewart, industrialist (b. 1872)
- 6 March - Ivor Novello, actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893)
- 6 April - Robert Broom, paleontologist (b. 1866)
- 14 April - Ernest Bevin, labour leader, politician, and statesman (b. 1881)
- 22 April - Horace Donisthorpe, myrmecologist (b. 1870)
- 24 April - James Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay, businessman and public servant (born 1857)
- 3 July - Gwendoline Davies, philanthropist (b. 1882)
- 21 August - Constant Lambert, composer (b. 1905)
- 27 September - Robert Thomas, politician (b. 1873)
- 29 September - Evan Roberts, preacher (b. 1878)
- 11 October - Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel, Scottish chieftain (b. 1876)
[edit] References
- ^ Fears for crew of lost British submarine
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ King George opens Festival of Britain
- ^ a b The Lost Decade Timeline, BBC
- ^ Refinery opens as oil row continues
- ^ King has lung operation
- ^ Festival closes to applause
- ^ Churchill wins general election
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951
