January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Day of death May 17, 1951
The temperature on May 17, 1951 was between 6.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
November 1 » Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
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