February 1951

Saturday 03:

Dick Button wins the American figure skating championship for the fourth consecutive time.

Tuesday 06:

The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one on the worst rail disasters in American history.

Monday 12:

Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari marries the Shah of Iran Reza Pahlavi at Golestan Palace in Teheran at age of 17.

Sunday 25:

The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tuesday 27:

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.