1951

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

MacArthur was dismissed by Truman over Korea while truce talks opened at Panmunjom; the 22nd Amendment capped presidents at two terms. Color television debuted, the first UNIVAC computer was delivered, and An American in Paris waltzed off with Best Picture.

A Year in Review

Best Picture

. An American In Paris

Nobel · Literature

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World Series

New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Philli

No. 1 Song

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Top TV

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Academy · Actor

Humphery Bogart

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1951

Champions

NBARocester Royals

NCAA FootballTennessee

Heisman TrophyRichard Kazmaler

Stanley CupMontreal US Open Golf: Ben Hogan Score: 287 Course: Merion Golf Club Location: Ardmore, PA

World CupUruguay vs. Brazil Score: 2-1

World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies Series: 4-0

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

David and Bathsheba
Showboat
An American In Paris -
The Great Caruso
A Streetcar Named Desire
Born Yesterday
That's My Boy
A Place in the Sun
At War with the Army
Father's Little Dividend

Academy Awards

Honoring 1951

Best Picture

. An American In Paris

Best Director

George Stevens

A Place in the Sun

Best Actor

Humphery Bogart

The African Queen

Best Actress

Vivien Leigh

A Streetcar Named Desire

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama

Richard Rodgers..."Oscar Hammerstein"

Fiction

A.B. Guthrie Jr. ..."The Way West"

History

Oliver W. Larkin... "Art and Life in America" International Reporting: Edmund Stevens... "Christian Science Monitor" National Reporting: Edwin O. Guthman..."Seattle Times"

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