Events of 1951 in Colombia.
Incumbents
- President:
- Laureano Gómez (1950–1953).
- Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (1951–1953).
- Vice President: N/A.
Events
Ongoing
- La Violencia.
January
- 8 January – The club Deportes Quindío founded in Armenia.
- 5–17 January – The very first Vuelta a Colombia is held, beginning in Bogotá on the 5th.On the 17th, Efraín Forero Triviño of Cundinamarca wins.
May
- 9 May –The 1951 population census of the state of Antioquia is held.
- 24 May – La Gran Colombia University.
June
- 15 June – Colombian Battalion is deployed to Busan.
August
- 25 August – Ecopetrol is founded as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos S.A. (English:Colombian Petroleum Company).
September
- 16 September – 1951 Colombian parliamentary election.
October
- 25 October – The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) disaffiliates Colombia.
- 28 October – President Gomez is hospitalized after having a heart attack, which leaves him partially paralyzed for the rest of his life.
November
- 5 November – Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez becomes acting President of Colombia.
Uncertain
- The 1951 Campeonato Profesional is won by the Millonarios F.C..
Births
January
- 6 January – Gustavo Zalamea, artist (d. 2011).
February
- 6 February – Darío Gómez, musician (d. 2022).
- 11 February – Luis Eduardo Garzón, politician.
March
- 12 March – Diego Umaña, footballer.
- 17 March – Carmenza Duque, musician and actress.
April
- 22 April – José Fernando Castro, lawyer and politician (d. 2008).
May
- 8 May – Ricardo Tobón Restrepo, archbishop of Medellín.
- 21 May – William Vinasco Chamorro, sports journalist.
June
- 6 June – Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, politician and guerilla (d. 1990).
August
- 1 August – Constanza Duque, actress.
- 10 August – Juan Manuel Santos, politician and 32nd President of Colombia.
- 23 August – Cholo Valderrama, joropo musician and songwriter.
- 24 August – Hélmer Herrera, drug trafficker (d. 1998).
- 30 August – Wilson Saoko, musician.
September
- 18 September – Poncho Zuleta, vallenato musician.
- 23 September – Carlos Holmes Trujillo, politician, lawyer, and former Minister of National Defense (d. 2021).
- 29 September – Andrés Caicedo, writer (d. 1977).
October
- 15 October – Miguel Alfonso Murillo, actor (d. 2017).
- 28 October – Rodrigo Obregón, actor (d. 2019).
November
- 23 November – Margarita Londoño Vélez, writer (d. 2021).
December
- 31 December – Fernando Jaramillo Paredes, orchestra director and musician (d. 2014).
Deaths
- 8 October José – Joaquín Casas Castañeda, politician and former Minister of National Education (b. 1866).
- unknown date – Cesar Uribe Piedrahita, doctor and writer (b. 1897)
Notes
References
External links
- Media related to 1951 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons
