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(''' MCMLI ''') was a common year starting on Monday; see Its Calendar .
- July 5 - William Shockley invents the junction Transistor .
- , Armistice negotiations begin.
- July 13 - The Great Flood Of 1951 reaches its highest point in Northeast Kansas , culminating in the greatest flood damage to date in the Midwestern United States .
- July 14 - In Joplin, Missouri , George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American .
- July 16 - King Léopold III Of Belgium signs the act of Abdication in favour of his son Baudouin .
- July 17 - Baudouin takes the oath as king of Belgium , after his father abdicated the day before.
- July 20 - King Abdullah I Of Jordan is assassinated while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem .
- August 11 - René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France
- September 1 - The United States , Australia and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty (for "Australia, New Zealand, United States").
- , 48 nations sign a Peace Treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War .
- September 9 - Chinese communist forces move into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet
- September 10 - The United Kingdom begins an Economic Boycott of Iran .
- September 20 - NATO accepts Greece and Turkey as members
- September 26 - 28 - Blue sun seen over Europe ; effect is due to ash coming from the Canadian forest fires four months previously
- January 6 - Kim Wilson , American singer and harmonica player
- January 8 - Kenny Anthony , Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley , American actress
- January 12 - Rush Limbaugh , American radio personality
- January 30 - Phil Collins , English musician
- February 14 - Kevin Keegan , English footballer and football manager
- February 15 - Melissa Manchester , American singer
- February 15 - Jane Seymour , English actress
- February 19 - Tahir-ul-Qadri , Islamic scholar and leader
- February 20 - Gordon Brown , Scottish politician
- February 25 - Don Quarrie , Jamaican sprinter
- April 5 - Guy Vanderhaeghe , Canadian author
- April 6 - Bert Blyleven , Dutch Major League Baseball player
- April 7 - Janis Ian , American singer and songwriter
- April 10 - David Helvarg , American journalist and activist
- April 10 - Steven Seagal , American Martial Arts expert, Holy Man , Musician , and Actor .
- April 11 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton , American socialite and murder victim (d. 1997 )
- April 13 - Peabo Bryson , American singer
- April 13 - Peter Davison , British actor
- April 13 - Max Weinberg , American drummer
- April 14 - Julian Lloyd Webber , English cellist and composer
- April 16 - Ioan Mihai Cochinescu , Romanian writer
- April 20 - Louise Jameson , British actress
- April 29 - Dale Earnhardt , American race car driver (d. 2001 )
- May 9 - Christopher Dewdney , Canadian poet
- May 13 - Sharon Sayles Belton , Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- May 15 - Jonathan Richman , American musician
- May 15 - Frank Wilczek , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 19 - Joey Ramone , American musician ( The Ramones ) (d. 2001 )
- May 23 - Anatoly Karpov , Russian chess player
- May 26 - Sally Ride , astronaut
- May 30 - Stephen Tobolowsky , American actor
- June 2 - Larry Robinson , Canadian hockey player
- June 14 - Paul Boateng , British politician
- June 20 - Tress MacNeille , American voice actress
- June 20 - Paul Muldoon , Northern Irish poet
- June 27 - Mary McAleese , eighth President Of Ireland
- June 28 - Lalla Ward , British actress
- July 3 - Richard Hadlee , New Zealand cricketer
- July 5 - Rich "Goose" Gossage , baseball player
- July 8 - Anjelica Huston , American actress
- July 10 - Cheryl Wheeler , American singer and songwriter
- July 14 - Erich Hallhuber , German actor (d. 2003 )
- July 18 - Elio Di Rupo , Belgian politician
- June 28 - Lloyd Maines , American musician and record producer
- July 24 - Chris Smith , British politician
- August 3 - Marcel Dionne , Canadian hockey player
- August 6 - Daryl Somers , Australian television personality
- August 19 - John Deacon , English bassist ( Queen )
- August 20 - Greg Bear , American author
- August 21 - Eric Goles , Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
- August 23 - Akhmad Kadyrov , President of Chechnya
- August 23 - Queen Noor of Jordan
- August 24 - Orson Scott Card , American writer
- September 5 - Michael Keaton , American actor
- September 7 - Julie Kavner , American voice actress
- September 12 - Joe Pantoliano , American actor
- September 21 - Aslan Maskhadov , President of Chechnya
- September 22 - David Coverdale , English singer
- September 25 - Mark Hamill , American actor
- September 26 - Stuart Tosh , Scottish musician
- September 29 - Michelle Bachelet , President Of Chile
- September 29 - Andrés Caicedo , Colombian writer (d. 1977 )
- September 29 - Maureen Caird , Australian hurdler
- September 30 - Barry Marshall , Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize For Physiology Or Medicine
- October 3 - Dave Winfield , baseball player
- October 3 - Keb Mo' , American musician
- October 5 - Bob Geldof , Irish musician ( The Boomtown Rats )
- October 6 - Manfred Winkelhock , German race car driver
- October 7 - John Mellencamp , American musician and songwriter
- October 10 - Epeli Ganilau , Fiji soldier and statesman
- October 11 - Jean-Jacques Goldman , French singer and songwriter
- October 26 - Bootsy Collins , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- October 30 - Harry Hamlin , American actor
- November 11 - Marc Summers , American television host
- November 15 - Alamgir Hashmi , English poet
- November 18 - Justin Raimondo , American Author
- November 19 - Lord Falconer , British politician
- November 24 - Chet Edwards , American politician
- November 26 - Cicciolina , Italian actress and politician
- November 30 - Christian Bernard , French-born mystic
- January 7 - René Guénon , French-born author (b. 1886 )
- January 10 - Sinclair Lewis , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885 )
- January 29 - Frank Tarrant , Australian cricketer (b. 1880 )
- February 9 - Eddy Duchin , American pianist and bandleader (b. 1909 )
- February 13 - Lloyd C. Douglas , American author (b. 1877 )
- February 18 - Lyman Gilmore , American aviation pioneer (b. 1874 )
- February 19 - André Gide , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869 )
- February 21 - Choudhary Rahmat Ali , founding father of Pakistan (b. 1895 )
- March 6 - Ivor Novello , Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893 )
- March 10 - Shidehara Kijuro , Prime Minister Of Japan (b. 1872 )
- March 21 - Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor (b. 1871 )
- March 25 - Eddie Collins , baseball player (b. 1887 )
- March 25 - Oscar Micheaux , American filmmaker (b. 1884 )
- April 4 - Al Christie , Canadian-born film director and producer (b. 1881 )
- April 4 - George Albert Smith , president of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870 )
- April 6 - Robert Broom , Scottish paleontologist (b. 1866 )
- April 22 - Horace Donisthorpe , English myrmecologist (b. 1870 )
- April 23 - Charles G. Dawes , Vice President Of The United States , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865 )
- May 7 - Warner Baxter , American actor (b. 1889 )
- May 27 - Sir Thomas Albert Blamey , Australian soldier (b. 1884 )
- May 30 - Hermann Broch , Austrian author (b. 1886 )
- June 4 - Serge Koussevitzky , Russian conductor (b. 1874 )
- June 13 - Ben Chifley , Prime Minister Of Australia (b. 1885 )
- June 21 - Charles Dillon Perrine , American-born astronomer (b. 1867 )
- July 9 - Harry Heilmann , baseball player (b. 1894 )
- July 13 - Arnold Schoenberg , Austrian composer (b. 1874 )
- July 20 - King Abdullah I Of Jordan (b. 1882 )
- July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty , American filmmaker (b. 1884 )
- July 23 - Philippe Pétain , leader of Vichy France (b. 1856 )
- July 29 - Hozumi Shigeto , Japanese author (b. 1883 )
- August 14 - William Randolph Hearst , American newspaper publisher (b. 1863 )
- August 15 - Artur Schnabel , Polish pianist (b. 1882 )
- August 21 - Constant Lambert , British composer (b. 1905 )
- October 6 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof , Germn-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1884 )
- October 16 - Liaquat Ali Khan , first Prime Minister Of Pakistan (b. 1896 )
- November 5 - Reggie Walker , South African athlete (b. 1889 )
- November 9 - Sigmund Romberg , Hungarian-born composer (b. 1887 )
- November 13 - Nikolai Medtner , Russian pianist and composer (b. 1880 )
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