The groundbreaking TV soap opera 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' premiered in Brazil.
The award-winning drama movie 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was released in the US.
Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
Walt Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland' was released in New York City, US.
Alice in Wonderland premiered in London.
American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest heavyweight champion aged 37.
Ferrari secured its first Grand Prix victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.
A 12-inch-deep hailstorm in Kansas became one of the US' most expensive hailstorms.
The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
The 9th Street Art Exhibition opened.
The Talyllyn Railway in Wales became the first railway line in the world to be run solely by volunteers.
The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.
Israeli Knesset chose April 13 as the official Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Frank Sinatra recorded his hit 'I'm a Fool to Want You.'
The twenty-second amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.
The fast-food chain, Jack in the Box, was founded in San Diego, California.
An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
The first of 126 nuclear tests started at the Nevada Test Site.
The lie detector, invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson, was first used in the Netherlands.
