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