Rulers:
• Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953)
Events:
• Paysage, Bords de Seine (c.1879) by Renoir, is stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art.
• William Faulkner (1897-1962): National Book Award (1951, 1955).
Births:
• Gavasa, Luisa (1951)
• Hamlin, Harry (1951)
• Havers, Nigel (1951)
• Hussey, Olivia (1951-2024)
• Leroux, Maxime (1951-2010)
• Luchini, Fabrice (1951)
• McTiernan, John (1951)
• Rush, Geoffrey (1951)
• Sanda, Dominique (1951)
• Seymour, Jane (1951)
• Skarsgård, Stellan (1951)
• Ward, Lalla (1951)
• Williams, Robin (1951-2014)
Deaths:
• Barnes, Albert C. (1872-1951)
• Walker, Robert (1918-1951)
Music:
• North, Alex (1910-1991): A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Rózsa, Miklós (1907-1995): Quo Vadis (1951)
Art:
• De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978): Composizione metafisica (1950-60)
• Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968): Objet-Dard (1951)
• Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954): Cocos gimientes (1951)
• Léger, Fernand (1881-1955): La mère et l’enfant (1951)
• Léger, Fernand (1881-1955): Le cycliste (1951)
• Magritte, René (1898-1967): La boîte de Pandore (1951)
• Pollock, Jackson (1912-1956): Brown and Silver I (1951)
Film:
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Bellisima (1951)
• Quo Vadis (1951)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)