What day of the week was January 27, 1951?

The day of the week January 27th, 1951 fell on was a Saturday.

Brian Downey the Irish drummer and songwriter (Thin Lizzy) was born on 27 January in 1951. As was Seth Justman the American keyboard player and songwriter (The J. Geils Band) , Ken Timbs the American wrestler (d. 2004) , Cees van der Knaap the Dutch politician .

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim the Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867) died on this day in 1951.

Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.