At A Glance

20 September 1951 at a glance

Day of the week
20 September 1951 was a Thursday.
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
“Too Young” recorded by Nat "King" Cole and Toni Arden was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
Top Film of 1951
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1951 was Quo Vadis.
Star sign
The star sign for 20 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 September 1951 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 September 1951 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 20 September

  • 1946 The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
  • 1946 Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
  • 1954 The Moomin comics, created by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, is published internationally in the London newspaper The Evening News.
  • 1955 The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
  • 1961 Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

Famous people born on 20 September

  • Jon Bernthal, American actor (born 1976)
  • George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1948)
  • Asia Argento, Italian actress (born 1975)
  • Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist (born 1988)

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Events of 1951 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1951 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – The 50th anniversary of Australian federation is celebrated.
  • 9 March – The High Court of Australia rules in the case Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth that the Communist Party Dissolution Bill 1950, passed by the parliament to ban the Communist Party of Australia, was unconstitutional.
  • 12 April – Conscription begins as the first call-up notice is issued under the National Service Act (1951), requiring Australian 18-year-old males to undergo compulsory military training.
More events of 1951 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Australia in 1951

Prime Minister

Robert Menzies

Monarch

King George VI

Petrol (per litre)

$0.03

Loaf of Bread

$0.09

Average House

$3,300

Weekly Wage

$8.50

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