Treaty signed in San Francisco dictating that Japan grant the United States the territorial means for it to establish a military presence in the Far East and prohibited other countries without the consent of the United States to do the same

World Chess Championship 1951

1951 major engagement of the First Indochina War

Natural disaster in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Liechtenstein

1951 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition

8th Golden Globe Awards — 1951 film award ceremony, on the 28th of February in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1950 filmmaking

EuroBasket 1951 — 1951 edition of Eurobasket

1951 Mediterranean Games — 1st edition of the Mediterranean Games

1951 Formula One season — Sports season

1951 Asian Games — first edition of the Asian Games

1951 significant engagement in the First Indochina War