Timeline September 1951

Events in September 1951 6

• 1912 – 1951 Maria Montez (1912-1951) Dominican actress known as the Queen of Technicolor, star of Universal's Arabian Nights adventures.
• 1951 Festival of Britain Opens National exhibition celebrates postwar recovery and British achievement The Festival of Britain opened on London's South Bank as a nationwide exhibition marking the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Organized amid postwar austerity, it showcased British achievements in science, technology, industrial design, and the arts. The festival drew over eight million visitors before closing that September.
• 1951 ANZUS Treaty Signed Australia, New Zealand, and the United States form a security pact Australia, New Zealand, and the United States signed the ANZUS security treaty in San Francisco, committing to mutual defense in the Pacific. The pact reflected postwar concerns about communist expansion in Asia and reduced the three nations' reliance on Britain for regional security. It remains a cornerstone of Australian and New Zealand defense policy.
• 1951 Maria Montez dies in Suresnes Maria Montez dies aged 39.
• 1951 Treaty of San Francisco Signed Peace treaty formally ends the Pacific War Japan and 48 Allied nations signed the treaty in San Francisco, formally ending the state of war stemming from World War II. The treaty restored Japanese sovereignty and set the terms for postwar reparations and territorial changes. It came into force on April 28, 1952.
• 1951 – 2002 Dee Dee Ramone (1951-2002) Died 5 June 2002, aged 50 Dee Dee Ramone was the bassist and chief songwriter of the Ramones, the New York band widely regarded as founders of punk rock. He wrote or co-wrote many of their best-known songs, among them 'Rockaway Beach' and '53rd & 3rd', and shouted the count-in that opened their shows. He left the band in 1989 and died of a drug overdose.