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24 September 1951 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 September 1951 was a Monday.
- Top Film of 1951
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1951 was Quo Vadis.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 24 September is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 September 1951 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 September 1951 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 24 September
- 1946 Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
- 1948 The Honda Motor Company is founded.
- 1950 The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
- 1954 AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.
- 1954 The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.
Famous people born on 24 September
- Harriet Walter, English actress (born 1950)
- Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (1948–1998)
- Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (1941–1998)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (1896–1940)
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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).
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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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Pierce Brosnan16 May 1953ActorView their day →Brendan Gleeson29 March 1955ActorView their day →Fiona Shaw10 July 1958ActressView their day →Gabriel Byrne12 May 1950ActorView their day →Colm Meaney30 May 1953ActorView their day →Bob Geldof5 October 1951Singer-songwriter & political activistView their day →Catherine Connolly5 November 1955President of IrelandView their day →Shane MacGowan25 December 1957Singer-songwriterView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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