March 29, 1951 — “The King and I” premieres on Broadway
Based on a 1944 novel, “Anna and the King of Siam” by Margaret Landon, “The King and I” was the...
June 29, 2018
Art & Culture
May 8, 1951 — Du Pont Chemical publicly releases Dacron
One of the wonder-fabrics of the Fifties, Dacron was the trade name of a particular polyester sold by Du Pont...
June 19, 2018
July 16, 1951 — “The Catcher in the Rye” is published
On this day, in 1951, one of the all-time great classics of teen angst was published. J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher...
June 9, 2018
July 17, 1951 — The Bantu Authorities Act comes into force in South Africa
The Bantu Authorities Act was one of the major foundations of apartheid in South Africa. It permitted the forced removal...
June 4, 2018
September 28, 1951 — “The Day The Earth Stood Still” premieres
“The Day The Earth Stood Still” was a milestone in the history of the cinema. It was perhaps the first...
May 29, 2018
October 16, 1951 — Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads release “Cry”
Although it took nearly six months to reach #1 on the charts, reach that storied number it did, and made...
May 24, 2018
November 30, 1951 — “When Worlds Collide” premieres
George Pal was the producer of some of the most famous science fiction movies of the Fifties – Destination Moon,...
May 19, 2018
July 1, 1952 — “The Liberace Show” is first broadcast
Liberace was one of the first of a new breed of entertainer in post war America. He saw that television...
May 7, 2018
March 12, 1953 — Ron Jeremy born
One of the stalwarts of the so-called ‘golden age of porn’ (i.e. the seventies and early eighties), Ronald Jeremy Hyatt...
May 1, 2018
March 15, 1953 — The first World Contact Day is held
World Contact Day was first declared in March 1953 by an organization called the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB), as...
April 30, 2018
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