Discover what happened on 2 January 1951 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Nashimoto Morimasa (Japanese prince (1874–1951))
- R. H. Barlow (American anthropologist (1918–1951))
- Alphons Boosten (Dutch architect (1893-1951))
- Gerhard Staab (German film producer (1893–1951))
- William Campion (British politician (1870-1951))
- Richard Hart (American actor (1915-1951))
- Hanna Lindberg (Swedish politician (1865-1951))
- Kyllikki Väre (Finnish film actor (1912-1951))
- George Lenthal Cheatle (Surgion)
- İrfan Ferit Alpaya (Turkish politician)
- Maxwell Becton (Co-founder of Becton Dickinson)
- František Bořek-Dohalský (Czechoslovak diplomat)
- Iver Rasmussen Eide (Norwegian industrialist (1874–1951))
- Tōyama Ikuzō (Japanese dermatologist (1877-1951))
- Henry Baynton (British actor (1892-1951))
- Junior D. Edwards (Korean War Medal of Honor recipient)
- Josep Castanyer i Fons (Spanish politician (1900-1951))
- Sakuma Kōitsu
- Alice Petróczy (actor)
- Roman Jakimowicz
- Edith New (British suffraget)
- Joaquim Feliu i Pagès (Spanish politician (1895-1951))
- Otto Feige
- Alwin Kronacher (German theatre director)
- Lewis S Turner
- Wilhelm Gläser (German nazi politician, 1874-1951)
- Pierre Beaugrand
- Robert Stich (entomologist)
- Paulus van der Burg (Dutch photographer)
- Raymond de Rorthays ((1874-1951))
- Lucy Ida Allen ((died 1951))
- Bertha Ima Northcote ((died 1951))
- Jessie Evelyn Lambert ((1884-1951))
- Jaroslav Havelka
- Charles Hans (French cyclist (1892-1951))
- Harold Bell
- Henry Cradock-Watson (British headmaster of Merchant Taylors’ School)
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- Simó Gratacòs i Oliveras (Catalan musician and composer)
- Petrus Ivens
- Gery Borloo
- Amedeus De Vos
- Émile Tournayre