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July 7, 2021

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Done in July 1951

News, Headlines, History, Entertainment & Trivia From July 1951: Korean War Peace Talks begin; Citation is 1st race horse to win $1M; J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye is published…

June 10, 2021

1951 june, guy burgess, donald maclean, british diplomants, soviet spies, cambridge five, melinda maclean, 1940s, 1930s, 1950s,

Done in June 1951

News, Headlines, History, Entertainment & Trivia From June 1951: Spies Burgess & Maclean Defect to USSR; Golfer Ben Hogan wins the 51st U.S. Open; UNIVAC I is the first commercial…

May 19, 2021

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News, Headlines, History, Entertainment & Trivia From May 1951: Count Turf Wins Kentucky Derby & Arcaro rides Bold to victory in the Preakness; Restaurant segregation is ruled illegal; Operation Greenhouse…

April 11, 2021

1951 stanley cup champions, nhl players, bill barilko, joe primeau, turk broda, toronto maple leafs team, national hockey league

Done in April 1951

News, Headlines, History, Entertainment & Trivia From April 1951: Fired General Douglas MacArthur's parade, Mickey Mantle debuts in MLB with the New York Yankees , and the Toronto Maple Leafs…

March 28, 2021

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Done in March 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From March 1951: Trial of American spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg; Korean War Operation Ripper to recapture Seoul; and The King and I Broadway debut starring Gertrude…

February 7, 2021

february 1951, atomic bomb testing, atomic bomb tests, nevada test site, las vegas, united states soldiers, troops, nuclear field exercise, tourist attractions, 1950s, operation buster jangle dog, desert rock 1

Done in February 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From February 1951: First atomic blast telecast live from Las Vegas; Nazi Germany war criminal Krupp released after 3 years; Jake LaMotta loses his World Middleweight title…

January 3, 2021

1951, patti page, american singer, pop ballads, 1950s hit songs, tennessee waltz, all my love bolero, i went to your wedding, how much is that doggie in the window,

Done in January 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1951: Patti Page's Tennessee Waltz is #1, Classic film-noir Storm Warning premieres, and the previously thought extinct Cahow is discovered. Patti Page has the #1…

January 11, 2020

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Helen MacInnes: Neither Five Nor Three

Reading spy thriller author Helen MacInnes' cold-war novel Neither Five Nor Three (1951) almost seventy years after it was first released, is likely to arouse feelings of déjà vu on…

December 1, 2016

1951 december, golden gate bridge closure, san francisco, golden gate bridge at night, high winds bridge closure

Done in December 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From December 1951: Golden Gate Bridge Closes; Joe DiMaggio Retires; Dragnet TV Premiere Golden Gate Bridge Closed By Wind Gusts San Francisco seniors may remember when wind gusts…

November 26, 2016

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Done in November 1951

Baby Boomer Trivia From November 1951: MLB MVP Awards, First Direct LD Dialing, National Ballet of Canada Debut (Yogi Berra 1953 Bowman Gum Baseball Card Photo) Major League Baseball's 1951 MVP Awards were…