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1951
 
   
UN and Chinese forces reach a stalemate in Korea, facing each other from fixed positions on either side of the 38th Parallel      
1951
 
    
British author John Wyndham creates a dark fantasy in his novel The Day of the Triffids       
1951
 
    
In Christ of St John of the CrossSalvador Dali paints an image of the crucified Christ seeming to fly on his cross       
1951
 
    
British-Canadian choreographer Celia Franca founds the National Ballet of Canada       
1951
 
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The Batllistas, followers in Uruguay of José Batlle, attempt an unusual experiment in the reform of government      
1951
 
     
A Question of Upbringing begins Antony Powell's 'A Dance to the Music of Time'        
1951
 
    
King Abdullah of Jordan is assassinated on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem       
1951
 
    
US novelist Carson McCullers publishes a collection of stories, The Ballad of the Sad Caf&eacaute;       
1951
 
     
John Huston directs Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn in The African Queen, based on a C.S. Forester story        
1951
 
     
The Rake's Progress, with music by Igor Stravinsky and libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, has its premiere in Venice