100 notable events from 1951 — air crashes, murders and rail accidents.
- Asch conformity experiments
Jan 1, 1951 · United States · Science & concept
- Vincent Mangano
Apr 19, 1951 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning
Aug 16, 1951 · France · Epidemic & disease
- Kidnapping of Luis Albino
Feb 21, 1951 · United States · Kidnapping & hostage
- Lady Chatterley trial in Japan
1950s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Abadan Crisis
Jan 1, 1951–Jan 1, 1954 · Iran · Crisis
- Sakuragichō train fire
Apr 24, 1951 · Japan · Rail accident
- John Straffen
Jul 15, 1951–Apr 29, 1952 · Murder & homicide
- Battersea Park funfair disaster
1951–1972 · United Kingdom · Disaster
- Bloody Christmas (1951)
Dec 25, 1951 · United States · Crime & justice
- Assassination of Abdullah I of Jordan
Jul 22, 1951 · Palestine · Murder & homicide
- Little Danes experiment
1951 · Denmark · Science & concept
- Mingrelian affair
1951–1952 · Georgia · Scandal & controversy
- Nottebohm case
Jan 1, 1951 · Crime & justice
- Disappearance of Beverly Potts
Aug 24, 1951 · United States · Disappearance
- November 1951 Po River flood
Nov 14, 1951 · Italy · Natural disaster
- Blockade of Wonsan
Feb 16, 1951–Jul 27, 1953 · North Korea · War & armed conflict
- Yakai incident
1951 · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan
Oct 16, 1951 · Pakistan · Murder & homicide
- Rawalpindi conspiracy
Mar 9, 1951 · Pakistan · War & armed conflict
- Marimo-gō derailment incident
May 17, 1951 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 1951 LOT Lisunov Li-2 crash
Nov 15, 1951 · Poland · Aviation accident
- 1951 Tenryū River bus crash
Jul 15, 1951 · Japan · Road accident
- Geochang massacre
Feb 9, 1951 · South Korea · Massacre
- Hugh Morse
Jan 1, 1951–Jan 1, 1961 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Ogasawara Islands western offshore earthquake
Jul 12, 1951 · Japan · Earthquake
- Assassination of Sir Henry Gurney
Oct 6, 1951 · Malaysia · Murder & homicide
- Nerima incident
Dec 26, 1951 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Murders of Harry and Harriette Moore
Dec 25, 1951 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Václav Mrázek
Jan 1, 1951–Jan 1, 1956 · Czechia · Murder & homicide
- 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance
Mar 23, 1951 · Portugal · Aviation accident
- 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash
Dec 16, 1951 · United States · Aviation accident
- Manhattan Rebellion
Jun 29, 1951 · Thailand · War & armed conflict
- 1951 anti-Chechen pogrom in Kazakhstan
Apr 10, 1951 · Russian Federation · Riot & unrest
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505
Jul 21, 1951 · United States · Aviation accident
- Johnny Bright incident
Oct 20, 1951 · United States · Attack (other)
- Copenhagen hypnosis murders
Mar 29, 1951 · Denmark · Murder & homicide
- Ganghwa massacre
Jan 6, 1951 · South Korea · Massacre
- Woodbridge train derailment
Feb 6, 1951 · United States · Rail accident
- Kyodai-Tenno incident
Nov 12, 1951 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- Charles E. Terry
Jan 1, 1951–Jan 1, 1963 · Attack (other)
- Cicero race riot of 1951
Jul 12, 1951 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 1951 Sunagawa B-29 crash
Nov 18, 1951 · Japan · Aviation accident
- United Air Lines Flight 610
Jun 30, 1951 · United States · Aviation accident
- Gillingham bus disaster
Dec 4, 1951 · United Kingdom · Road accident
- 1951 executions in Albania
Feb 26, 1951 · Albania · Massacre
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 493
Apr 25, 1951 · United States · Aviation accident
- Sokichi Furutani
Jan 1, 1951–Dec 1, 1965 · Murder & homicide
- Kobe tailor shop murder case
Jan 17, 1951 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Trial of the Generals (Poland)
Jul 31, 1951–Aug 31, 1951 · Crime & justice
- United Air Lines Flight 615
Aug 24, 1951 · United States · Aviation accident
- Asakusa American soldier assault case
Mar 21, 1951 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- National Airlines Flight 83
Jan 14, 1951 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1951 Syrian coup d'état
Nov 29, 1951 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)
Sep 28, 1951–Sep 30, 1951 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Higashinari Police Station attack incident
Dec 1, 1951 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Pan Am Flight 151
Jun 22, 1951 · Liberia · Aviation accident
- Candiani case
Oct 20, 1951 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- 426 Battalion rebellion
Dec 8, 1951–May 9, 1952 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Operation Strangle (Korean War)
May 1, 1951 · North Korea · War & armed conflict
- Sancheong–Hamyang massacre
Feb 7, 1951 · South Korea · Massacre
- 1951 Aradan Aeroflot An-2 crash
Apr 21, 1951 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Queen Charlotte Airlines Flight 102
Oct 17, 1951 · Canada · Aviation accident
- 1951 Novosibirsk Il-12 crash
Nov 17, 1951 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Debica rail accident
Dec 28, 1951 · Poland · Rail accident
- 1951 Ringway Dakota crash
Mar 27, 1951 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Nova Iguaçu level crossing disaster
Jun 7, 1951 · Brazil · Rail accident
- 1951 Glitfaxi plane crash
Jan 31, 1951 · Iceland · Aviation accident
- 1951 Rio do Sal Linhas Aéreas Paulistas C-47 crash
Jul 12, 1951 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Huntly rail bridge bombing
Apr 30, 1951 · New Zealand · Attack (other)
- 1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash
Dec 22, 1951 · Iran · Aviation accident
- Herrsching rail accident
Jun 19, 1951 · Germany · Rail accident
- Kenn rail accident
Jun 10, 1951 · Germany · Rail accident
- Six States Installation of Minister murder
Nov 5, 1951 · Hong Kong · Murder & homicide
- 1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes
Oct 22, 1951 · Taiwan · Earthquake
- Shipwreck of the Duc de Normandie
Feb 21, 1951 · Belgium · Maritime disaster
- 1951 Doncaster rail crash
Mar 16, 1951 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1951 William & Mary scandal
1951 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Al-Hamma incident
Apr 4, 1951 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Langenwang railway accident
Sep 25, 1951 · Austria · Rail accident
- 1951 El Salvador earthquakes
May 6, 1951 · El Salvador · Earthquake
- 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake
Aug 13, 1951 · Türkiye · Earthquake
- Rail accident of Walpertskirchen
Nov 8, 1951 · Germany · Rail accident
- Piquet Carneiro train crash
Dec 17, 1951 · Brazil · Rail accident
- 1951 Kazan Lisunov Li-2 Crash
Jan 9, 1951 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Hino Korean riot
1951 · Riot & unrest
- 1951 El Salvador earthquake
May 6, 1951 · El Salvador · Earthquake
- Aeroflot accident near Tuapse
Jan 9, 1951 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Morania fire
Oct 29, 1951 · United States · Fire
- 1951 assassination attempt on Bolesław Bierut
Jan 1, 1951 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Crash of a Fairchild C-82A-FA Packet
Nov 13, 1951 · France · Aviation accident
- 1951 Douglas C-47-DL PP-YPX accident
Sep 17, 1951 · Brazil · Incident
- Pogrom of Chechens in Kazakhstan
Jan 1, 1951 · Russian Federation · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Sanry-sur-Nied rail accident
Aug 24, 1951 · France · Rail accident
- Transocean Air Lines Flight 501
Dec 30, 1951 · United States · Aviation accident
- Crash of an Airtaco L-14 in Stockholm
Jul 14, 1951 · Sweden · Aviation accident
- Holmesburg Prison experiments
1951–1974 · United States · Science & concept
- 1951 Air India crash in Bangalore
Sep 15, 1951 · Aviation accident
- Namzew aviation accident
Dec 27, 1951 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Saffaf massacre
Feb 7, 1951 · Palestine · Massacre