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October 26 – Winston Churchill is re-elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (a month before his 77th birthday) in a general election which sees the defeat of Clement Attlee 's Labour government, after 6 years in power. [10] October 27 – Farouk of Egypt declares himself king of Sudan, with no support.
The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held twenty months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats. The Labour government called a snap election for Thursday 25 October 1951 in the hope of increasing its parliamentary majority.
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the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Vance Drummond (1927–1967) was a New Zealand–born Australian pilot who fought in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Posted to No. 77 Squadron in Korea, he flew Gloster Meteor jet fighters and earned the US Air Medal for his combat skills. He was shot down in 1951 and imprisoned for almost two years.
Comedian and Actor Jackie Gleason. Stalin's Atomic Bomb. Oct 6 Joseph Stalin proclaims the Soviet Union has the atomic bomb. Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin. Ben-Gurion Holds On. Oct 7 David Ben-Gurion forms 3rd Israeli government. 1st Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion. Music in the Air.
1951 in the United Kingdom. In 1951 the Festival of Britain was held in the United Kingdom, and a general election returned Winston Churchill to power. Incumbents. Monarch – George VI. Prime Minister – Clement Attlee ( Labour) (until 26 October), Winston Churchill ( Conservative) (starting 26 October) Events. January.
Comedian and Actor Jackie Gleason. Stalin's Atomic Bomb. Oct 6 Joseph Stalin proclaims the Soviet Union has the atomic bomb. Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin. Ben-Gurion Holds On. Oct 7 David Ben-Gurion forms 3rd Israeli government.
1951 – Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author; 1951 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008) 1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist; 1951 – Jon Miller, American sportscaster; 1951 – Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (d. 2016)
