At A Glance

16 October 1951 at a glance

Day of the week
16 October 1951 was a Tuesday.
Top Film of 1951
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1951 was Quo Vadis.
Star sign
The star sign for 16 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 16 October 1951 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 16 October 1951 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 16 October

  • 1943 Holocaust in Italy: Raid on the Roman Ghetto.
  • 1947 The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
  • 1949 The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
  • 1953 Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks.
  • 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).

Famous people born on 16 October

  • Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1958)
  • Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player (born 1997)
  • Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (1925–2022)
  • Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (1854–1900)

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Events of 1951 in Ireland

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

  • 2 February – Éamon de Valera visited Newry for the first time since his arrest there in 1924.
  • 11 April – Minister for Health Noel Browne resigned and his Mother and Child Scheme was overturned.
  • 19 April – The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Ed Warnock, referring to Noel Browne's resignation, said that Ireland is really ruled by Maynooth (i.e. by the Catholic Church).
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Life in Ireland in 1951

Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera

Petrol (per litre)

1s 8d/gal

Loaf of Bread

5d

Average House

£1,300

Weekly Wage

£3 5s

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