Timeline November 1951

Events in November 1951 5

• 1951 Frank Sinatra marries Ava Gardner The singer marries the film star in Philadelphia, a stormy marriage that ended in divorce in 1957.
• 1951 First direct-dial long-distance call The mayor of Englewood, New Jersey dials the mayor of Alameda, California without an operator, the start of direct distance dialing in the US.
• 1951 Perón re-elected in Argentina Juan Perón wins a second term in the first Argentine national election in which women could vote.
• 1951 Polesine flood The Po bursts its banks in the Polesine area of northern Italy, killing about 100 people and leaving some 180,000 homeless.
• 1951 Korean armistice negotiators agree a demarcation line Negotiators at Panmunjom agree that the current line of contact will become the demarcation line if an armistice is signed within 30 days. Fighting went on until 1953.