Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America.

His Fender Precision Bass, introduced in 1951, became a widely copied industry standard.

In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.

In 1950 Eric Gairy founded the Grenada United Labour Party, initially as a trades union, which led the 1951 general strike for better working conditions, this sparked great unrest-so many buildings were set ablaze that the disturbances became known as the ' red sky ' days-and the British authorities had to call in military reinforcements to help regain control of the situation.

48-215 sedans were produced in parallel with the 50-2106 coupé utility from 1951 ; the latter was known colloquially as the " ute " and became ubiquitous in Australian rural areas as the workhorse of choice.

He was an active professor at Illinois from 1951 to 1975 and then became Professor Emeritus.

The 1936 Show Boat, faithfully adapted from the original stage production, is considered the definitive film version of the musical, but became unavailable following the 1951 remake.

After successfully running the midget at some hillclimbing events in 1951, Brabham became interested in road racing.

In 1951 he became a member of the CDU executive board.

Production of an initial batch of 250 began in 1951, but it became clear that they could not be made at a competitive price besides which the advent of transistor radios with their much lower power requirements meant that the original rationale for the set was disappearing.

After the war, he became a consultant to the International Auxiliary Language Association, which would present Interlingua in 1951.

On May 15, 1951, Williams became the 11th player in major league history to hit 300 career home runs.

Soon after the signing of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, it became clear that refugees were not solely restricted to Europe.

WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations in 1951 for meteorology ( weather and climate ), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.

In 1951, Libya became the first African country to gain independence in the decade, and in 1954 the Algerian War began.

The family remained there only briefly and in December 1951 they moved to Presque Isle, Maine where Grissom was assigned to Presque Isle Air Force Base and became a member of the 75th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.

Before he became widely known as an astronaut, the film Air Cadet ( 1951 ) starring Richard Long and Rock Hudson briefly featured Grissom early in the movie as a U. S. Air Force candidate for flight school at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas.

After a short stint as a DJ on Radio Luxembourg, in 1951, Mitchell became a versatile professional actor with straight and comedy roles on stage, radio, film and television.

With the advent of the New State regime ( Estado Novo ) extended to the colony, in 1951 Angola became a province of Portugal ( Ultramarine Province ), called the Província Ultramarina de Angola ( Overseas Province of Angola ).

The Antigua Labour Party ( ALP ), formed by Bird and other trade unionists, first ran candidates in the 1946 elections and became the majority party in 1951 beginning a long history of electoral victories.

He became " one of the consummate filmmakers of the 20th century " after directing a string of successful films, including, A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), and East of Eden ( 1955 ).

In 1951, Lee Strasberg became its director, and it remained a non-profit enterprise, eventually considered " the nation's most prestigious acting school ," according to film historian James Lipton.

Starting with the 1940 models the leaping ram became more streamlined and by 1951 only the head, complete with curving horns, remained.

It was experimentally discovered by Martin Deutsch at MIT in 1951, and became known as positronium.

In 1951, it became an overseas province.

The term " primary structure " was first coined by Linderstrøm-Lang in 1951.

Reporter magazine, founded in 1951, is the Institute's primary student-run magazine.

The former Senior Street primary school was renamed the Edward Wilson School after him in 1951.

He completed primary and secondary schooling in the Quincy public school system and studied art at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA from 1951 to 1953.

Brad M. Carlson ( born June 12, 1951 ), better known by the stage name Bun E. Carlos, is the primary drummer for American rock band Cheap Trick.

He was educated in the local primary school and Holy Family College, Abak, Eastern Nigeria ; Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio ( 1951 – 55 ); and the University of Chicago ( 1955 – 61 ).

Studying for a career in teaching, he became schoolmaster of a large primary school in Bangui in 1951.

Selby's proximity to Belgrave ultimately attracted residential subdivisions, and a primary school was built in 1951.

Pogue attended primary and secondary schools in Oklahoma and received a bachelor of science degree in Education from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1951 and a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Oklahoma State University in 1960.

Doubleview contains one state primary school, Doubleview Primary School ( 1951 ).

The 53d became a part of the USAF before its inactivation in 1947, was reactivated in 1951 as a long range weather reconnaissance unit based in Bermuda and England, and since 1962 has been based in the southern United States or Puerto Rico with the primary mission of measurement of tropical cyclones.

* St Maria Goretti School, a Catholic primary school established in 1951.

Chongqing Jiaotong University was founded in 1951 as a multiple disciplinary University with engineering being the primary focus.

Both of these plans, however, were shelved in a 1951 study, citing the extreme costs of building a modern highway through very unforgiving terrain as the primary reason.

" In 1950, the Marist Brothers took responsibility for the administration of Catholic High ; a primary section was opened in 1951, and then a boarding house for Catholic students.

One of Kennon's 1951 primary opponents, William J.

From 1945 to 1951 Deitch was primary graphics contributor, and eventually art director, for The Record Changer, a jazz magazine.

However, in February 1951, Ulam had a new idea, in which the shock wave from an atomic bomb " primary " stage, through an arrangement he called " hydrodynamic lensing ", would compress a " secondary " stage of deuterium fusion fuel wrapped around a plutonium rod or " spark plug ".

By this time, after having teamed for early work on Key Publications ' Mister Mystery in 1951 and Standard Comics ' The Unseen and Joe Yank ( the latter credited as " Mikeross "), the two began a long career as one of DC Comics ' primary war story artists, alongside the likes of Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, and Jerry Grandenetti, beginning with a story each in All-American Men of War # 6, Our Army at War # 14, and Star Spangled War Stories # 13 ( all Sept. 1953 ).

It was used by the RAF during World War II, and by the United States Air Force during the Cold War, being the primary home for the 81st Fighter Wing under various designations from 1951 to 1993.

Control of Bentwaters was transferred to the United States Air Force on 16 March 1951 by the Ministry of Defence, and the United States Air Forces in Europe designated it a primary installation of HQ USAFE on 7 September 1951.

It was the primary U. S. Air Force jet fuel between 1951 and 1995.