Jump on our Virtual Newsstand as we journey back to 1951. See and read the comic books on sale month by month, and find out the major news of the day.

January: Ilse Koch, wife of Karl-Otto Koch, commandant of Nazi concentration camps is sentenced to life imprisonment.

February: Muhammad Reza Shah, last Shah of Persia, marries Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari. It ends in divorce due to no heir being born.

March: Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I' starts a 3 year run on Broadway. The show makes Yul Brynner a star.

April: Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein dies. Born into one of Europe's wealthiest families, he gave away his entire inheritance.

May: The Festival of Britain opens. The national exhibition is designed to highlight Britain's contribution to science & the arts.

June: The first UNIVAC (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) is dedicated at the U.S. Census Bureau. Further models will follow.

July: Marshal Petain Vichy France leader dies. A national hero after World War I, his government collaborated with Nazi Germany.

August: The Catcher in the Rye is published by J.D. Salinger. It introduces Holden Caulfield, an icon for teenage rebellion.

September: Science fiction film 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' premieres. The alien visitor warns Earth to change its ways.

October: 'I Love Lucy' makes its television debut on CBS. The sitcom starring Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz is still syndicated to this day.

November: 'Gigi' opens on Broadway. It stars Audrey Hepburn who was personally chosen for the role by the French author Colette.

December: Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) becomes the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plant.