Editing 1951 (section)

===October===
* [[October 2]] – [[Television in the Netherlands]] commences with the first broadcast from [[NPO 1|NTS]]; also [[television in Denmark]] from [[DR1]].
* [[October 3]]–[[October 8|8]] – [[Korean War]]: [[First Battle of Maryang-san]] – United Nations (primarily Australian) forces drive back the Chinese.
* [[October 6]] – [[Malayan Emergency]]: [[Communist]] insurgents kill British commander Sir [[Henry Gurney]].
* [[October 14]] – The [[Organization of Central American States]] (''Organización de Estados Centroamericanos'', ODECA) is formed.
* [[October 15]]
** [[Norethisterone]], the [[progestin]] used in the [[combined oral contraceptive pill]], is synthesized by [[Luis E. Miramontes]] in Mexico.
** On television, the situation comedy ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' airs its first episode on [[CBS]] in the U.S.
* [[October 16]]
** [[Judy Garland]] begins a series of concerts in New York's [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]].
** Prime Minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] of Pakistan is assassinated.
** [[East China Normal University]] is founded in Shanghai, China.
* [[October 19]] – The state of war between the United States and [[Germany]] is officially ended.
* [[October 21]] – A storm in southern Italy kills over 100.
* [[October 24]] – U.S. President Harry Truman declares an official end to war with Germany.
* [[October 26]] – [[Winston Churchill]] is re-elected [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (a month before his 77th birthday) in a [[1951 United Kingdom general election|general election]] which sees the defeat of [[Clement Attlee]]'s [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government, after 6 years in power.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26/newsid_3687000/3687425.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=1951: Churchill wins general election |date=1951-10-26 |access-date=2010-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029105110/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/26/newsid_3687000/3687425.stm |archive-date=2010-10-29 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – [[Farouk of Egypt]] declares himself king of [[Sudan]], with no support.