Timeline December 1951

Events in December 1951 7

• 1947 – 1951 Tsinghua University Studied electrical engineering at Tsinghua University, one of China's most prestigious institutions. Joined the Communist Party in October 1949, the month Mao proclaimed the People's Republic.
• 1949 – 1951 Featured Vocalist with Cugat Hired by Xavier Cugat as his featured vocalist after he saw her perform on Vincent Lopez's television show. Despite being 32 years her senior, Cugat made her his star attraction.
• 1949 – 1951 Newark Arts High School Attended Newark Arts High School, where he took up clarinet and then tenor saxophone. Created his own comic book called Other Worlds, reflecting his lifelong love of science fiction.
• 1951 1951: Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo Argentine legend Fangio claimed the first of his five world titles, beginning one of the most dominant careers in motorsport history.
• 1951 – 1987 Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) Died 21 September 1987, aged 35 Pastorius was an American jazz bassist and composer widely regarded as one of the most influential electric bass players of all time, known for his work with Weather Report. He struggled with bipolar disorder and substance abuse in his final years. He died from injuries sustained in a fight outside a Florida nightclub.
• 1951 Nuclear Reactor Generates Electricity for the First Time Experimental Breeder Reactor I lights four bulbs in Idaho The Experimental Breeder Reactor I near Arco, Idaho, became the first nuclear reactor to produce usable electricity, powering four light bulbs from its own generated current. The demonstration proved the feasibility of nuclear power for civilian electricity generation. It laid groundwork for commercial nuclear plants built in the following decades.
• 1951 Libya Declares Independence Kingdom of Libya becomes first country to gain independence through the United Nations Libya proclaimed independence under King Idris I, becoming the first state to achieve statehood through the United Nations. The kingdom united the formerly separate territories of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan. It remained a monarchy until Muammar Gaddafi's coup in 1969.