1951 including = Popular Culture, Prices, Events, Technology and Inventions

1951 Unemployment dipped to = 3.3% in the=20 US and new roads were built to take the ever increasing numbers of cars=20 including the New Jersey Turnpike. Children were given more than any = other time=20 in previous history with guitar lessons and sets of Encyclopedias to = improve=20 their minds . The average family income was $3,700 per year and people = had money=20 to spend so cars became more luxurious and had more powerful engines = with=20 options for two tone paint, during this time things like turn signals = were still=20 an extra and most drivers still used hand signals to tell other drivers = which=20 way they were turning. Television continued to grow with popular = programmes like=20 "I Love Lucy" and the first tests for Color Television Pictures were = broadcast=20 from Empire State Building . Europe continued to export many cars to the = US=20 including Volkswagen's and Austin's.

Cost = Of=20 Living, - News,=20 Facts and Events, - Movies= , TV and=20 Music, - Technology<= /A>, - Born = This=20 Year, World=20 Leaders,

Cost of Living 1951

How Much things cost = in=20 1951
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 7.88%=20
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 9.5% =
Average Cost=20 of new house $9.000.00
Average wages = per year=20 $3,510.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas = 19 cents
Average Cost of a new car $1,500.00
Loaf of Bread 16 cents=20
LB of Hamburger Meat 50 cents =
Bacon=20 per LB 52 cents
Eggs per dozen 24 cents
Below are some = Prices for UK=20 guides in Pounds Stirling

Average House Price 2,115

Technology 1951

First oral contraceptive ( the Pill )invented by = Luis E.=20 Miramontes
Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service = begins in=20 the United States.
First Color Television Pictures broadcast from = Empire=20 State Building

Inventions Invented by Inventors and = Country (=20 or attributed to First Use )

Breeder Reactor = USA=20 converted Uranium to Plutonium =

What Events Happened in 1951

Libya =

Libya Gains Independence from = Italy

U.S.

22nd Amendment is ratified which limits US = presidential=20 term of office to 8 yrs ( 2 terms ) Available as a downloadable = image on=20 our Public=20 Domain Images Page

U.S. =

First nuclear bomb tests at Nevada test = site

Jordan

King Abdullah of Jordan assassinated on July20th = in=20 Jerusalem

Iran

Iran Nationalizes it's Oil Fields

Tibet

China Marches Into Tibet taking control of the Dalai Lama's Realm = forcing=20 him to live in India

U.S.

The Broker Commuter Train Crashes in Woodbridge, = New=20 Jersey

U.S.

President Harry S Truman fires General Douglas = MacArthur=20 as commander of United Nations Forces

UN=20

United Nations forces recapture Seoul during the = Korean=20 War

The Festival of Britain opens at the Royal = Festival=20 Hall

Largest oil refinery in Europe opens at Fawley in Southampton, UK=20

U.S.

The Great Flood of 1951 in Midwest United States=20

Popular Culture

The term Rock N Roll is coined by Cleveland Disc = Jockey=20 Alan Freed
The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the = U.S.=20 for the first time.

Popular Films

An American in Paris=20
The African Queen=20
A Streetcar Named Desire=20
The Day the Earth Stood Still

Popular Music

Perry Como=20
Mario Lanza=20
Nat King Cole=20
Tony Bennett

Popular TV

I Love Lucy=20
What's My Line? debuts on BBC Television.

Check out our Television=20 Programmes From The 1950s whenever possible we have included a = trailer to=20 jog your memory. Series trailers and more information = are found=20 on the decade they started.

Born This Year

Sting News And Events = From=20 October 2nd

Bob Geldof This Day In = History=20 October 5th

Phil Collins News And = Events From=20 January 30th

Jane Seymour This Day In = History=20 February 15th

Major World Political Leaders

Australia = Prime=20 Minister Sir Robert Menzies

Brazil=20 President Gaspar Dutra Till 31 January =
Brazil President Get=C3=BAlio = Vargas From 31=20 January

Canada Prime Minister Louis=20 St. Laurent

China Chairman of the = People's=20 Republic of China Mao Zedong

France=20 President Vincent Auriol

Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer=20

India Prime Minister Jawahar=20 Lal Nehru

Italy Prime Minister = Alcide De Gasperi

Japan = Prime=20 Minister Shigeru Yoshida

Mexico=20 President Miguel Alem=C3=A1n Vald=C3=A9s =

Russia / Soviet Union
Chairman of the Council of = People's=20 Commissars Joseph Stalin

South=20 Africa Prime Minister Daniel Fran=C3=A7ois Malan =

United States President Harry S. Truman

United = Kingdom=20 Prime Minister Clement Attlee Till 26 = October=20
United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir=20 Winston Churchill From 26 October

Political Elections

British General = Election=20 1951 Winston Churchill ( = Conservative ) defeats Clement Attlee ( Labour ) and Clement Davies ( = Liberal )=20

The Information above is taken from our new page that = gives=20 world leaders from 1920 to current.
WorldLeaders=20

New Taking=20 You = Back In Time Prints 1951=20 Print ideal For Those Born in 1951 for Birthdays or Christmas = gift,=20 Married in 1951 for Anniversary gift and great for High School = Reunions Born = In=20 1951 Free Birthday Poster / Print