What Happened on January 10, 1951

Historical Events

1st jet passenger trip made

NHL Record

Maurice Richard scores his 16th career hat trick in the Montreal Canadiens' 3-0 win over NY Rangers to bring his career total to 274 goals; passes Howie Morenz as NHL's #2 all-time leading goal scorer

UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY

1951 History

Famous Birthdays

Kathleen Bradley, American model (Price is Right), born in Girard, Ohio

Born in 1951

Famous Deaths

Athos Palma, Argentine composer, dies at 59
Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (known as the founding father of modern physics research in Japan), dies at 60
[Harry] Sinclair Lewis, American writer (Nobel Prize in Literature 1930), dies from advanced alcoholism at 65