World news events

  • North Korean offensive pushes beyond the 38th parallel; truce negotiations fail
  • Congress passes 22nd Amendment, limiting a President to two terms
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of passing U.S. nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union; both are sentenced to death
  • General Douglas MacArthur relieved of command in Korea
  • King Abdullah of Jordan (formerly Transjordan) was assassinated while praying at the Al Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem.
  • United States detonated a hydrogen bomb on an island in the Pacific.

Science & Technology

  • Mass production of penicillin and streptomycin reaches records
  • Electricity generated from nuclear power for the first time
  • The Remington Rand Corporation unveiled the first commercial digital computer, called the "UNIVAC"
  • CBS introduced the first color television broadcast.

Sports

  • NBA: Rocester Royals
  • NCAA Football: Tennessee
  • Heisman Trophy: Richard Kazmaler
  • Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadians Series 4-1
  • US Open Golf: Ben Hogan Score: 287 Course: Merion Golf Club Location: Ardmore, PA
  • World Cup: Uruguay vs. Brazil Score: 2-1
  • World Series: New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies Series: 4-0
     

 

Movies

  • David and Bathsheba
  • Showboat
  • An American in Paris
  • The Great Caruso
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  •  Born Yesterday
  • That's My Boy
  • A Place in the Sun
  • At War with the Army
  • Father's Little Dividend

         Academy Awards

  • Best Picture: "An American in Paris"
  • Best Director:George Stevens..."A Place in the Sun"
  • Best Actor:Humphery Bogart..."The African Queen"
  • Best Actress: Vivien Leigh..."A Streetcar Named Desire"

       

Most Popular Books

Fiction
1."From Here to Eternity" ...James Jones. Scribner
2."The Caine Mutiny"...Herman Wouk. Doubleday
3."Moses"... Sholem Asch. Putnam
4."The Cardinal"...Henry Morton Robinson. Simon & Schuster
5."A Woman Called Fancy"...Frank Yerby. Dial Press
6."The Cruel Sea"...Nicholas Monsarrat. Knopf
7."Melville Goodwin, U.S.A." ...John P. Marquand. Little, Brown
8."Return to Paradise"... James A. Michener. Random House
9."The Foundling"...Cardinal Spellman. Scribner
10. "The Wanderer"...Mika Waltari. Putnam
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Nonfiction
1."Look Younger, Live Longer"...Gayelord Hauser. Farrar, Straus & Young
2."Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book"... McGraw-Hill
3."Washington Confidential"... Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer. Crown
4."Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book"... Meredith
5."Better Homes and Gardens Handyman's Book "...Meredith
6."The Sea Around Us"...Rachel L. Carson. Oxford University Press
7."Thorndike-Barnhart Comprehensive Desk Dictionary"... ed. by
Clarence L. Barnhart. Doubleday
8."Pogo"...Walt Kelly. Simon & Schuster
9."Kon-Tiki"...Thor Heyerdahl. Rand McNally
10. "The New Yorker Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Album"... Harper

Music

1. Too Young - Nat King Cole
2. Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward and His Dominoes
3. On Top Of Old Smokey - Weavers
4. Mockingbird Hill - Patti Page
5. Come On-a My House - Rosemary Clooney
6. Because of You - Tony Bennet
7. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & the Ames Brothers
8. Jezebel - Frankie Laine
9. Be My Love - Mario Lanza
10. Flamingo - Earl Bostic & His Orchestra
11. Fool, Fool, Fool - The Clovers
12. How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
13. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brentson and his Delta cats
14. I'm In The Mood - John lee Hooker
15. So Long (It's Been Good To Know Ya) - Gordon Jenkins
16. If - Perry Como
17. That's My Boy - Stan Freburg
18. Bad, Bad Whiskey - Amos Milburn and his Aladdin Chickenshackers
19. In The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening - Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford
20. Black Night - Charles Brown
21. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Weavers
22. Cold, Cold Heart - Tony Bennet
23. Shanghai - Doris Day
24. The Glory Of Love - The Five Keys
25. Sin (It's No Sin) - Eddy Howard

 Number One Song according to Billboard Magazine:

December 16, 1950 - March 2, 1951: The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
March 3 - March 9: If - Perry Como
March 10 - April 20: Be My Love - Mario Lanza
April 21 - June 22: How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
June 23 - July 27: Too Young - Nat King Cole
July 28 - September 7: Come On - A My House - Rosemary Clooney
September 8 - November 2: Because Of You - Tony Bennett
November 3 - November 16: Cold, Cold Heart - Tony Bennett
November 17 - December 28: Sin (It's No Sin) - Eddy Howard
December 29, 1951 - March 14, 1952: Cry - Johnny Ray