Timeline October 1951

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• 1951 Little Richard makes his first recordings RCA Victor Early jump-blues singles that go nowhere.
• 1951 Bobby Thomson Hits the "Shot Heard Round the World" Walk-off home run sends the Giants to the World Series New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson hit a pennant-winning home run off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Branca in a decisive playoff game, completing one of baseball's greatest comebacks. The moment, broadcast live on radio and television, became one of the most replayed events in American sports history. It capped the Giants' improbable rally from a 13-game deficit earlier that season.
• 1951 – present John Mellencamp Singer-songwriter American heartland rock singer from Indiana — Jack & Diane, Pink Houses, Small Town — and co-founder of Farm Aid.
• 1951 John Mellencamp born in Seymour, Indiana Small-town Indiana Born with spina bifida, operated on as a baby.
• 1951 I Love Lucy Premieres on CBS Sitcom starring Lucille Ball becomes a television landmark I Love Lucy debuted on CBS, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as a married couple navigating showbiz and domestic life. It pioneered the multi-camera filming technique still used in sitcoms today and became the most-watched show in the United States for much of its run. The series is widely regarded as one of the most influential in television history.
• 1951 Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan Pakistan's first prime minister shot at a public rally Liaquat Ali Khan was shot and killed while addressing a public meeting in Rawalpindi, becoming the first of several Pakistani leaders to die violently in office. His assassin was killed on the spot, and the motive behind the killing was never conclusively established. His death deepened political instability in the young state.
• 1951 Black Thursday B-29 raid on Namsi MiG-15s break through the escort of a B-29 formation attacking Namsi airfield, shooting down or crippling most of the bombers. US daylight B-29 raids in MiG Alley end.
• 1951 Winston Churchill Returns as British Prime Minister Conservatives win general election, ousting Labour The Conservative Party under Winston Churchill narrowly won the British general election, ending six years of Labour government under Clement Attlee. Churchill, then 76, began his second and final term as prime minister. His government would oversee Britain's postwar recovery and the early Cold War years.