1951 railway accident in Yokohama, Japan. It took place on 24 April 1951 in what is now Japan. The setting was Sakuragichō Station. It was part of five major accidents of Japanese National Railways in postwar Japan. Its causes included short circuit. About 105 people died. Some 92 were injured.
Before and after
- 20 February 1951Birth of Gordon Brown
- 26 February 19511951 executions in Albania
- from 18 April 1951 to 23 July 2002Founding of European Coal and Steel Community
- 18 April 1951Treaty of Paris
- 24 April 1951Sakuragichō train fire
- 29 April 1951Death of Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 23 May 1951Birth of Anatoly Karpov
- 3 June 1951Founding of Socialist International
- 6 June 1951First edition of Berlin International Film Festival
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