July 2, 1951
Mary Reeser, a 67-year-old woman, was found burned to death in her home when the landlady realized that her doorknob was strangely warm. Police found Reeser's remains completely burned to ash, with only one leg remaining. Reeser's death is believed to be a case of spontaneous human combustion.
August 13, 1951
This is one of six survivors of the Hiroshima bomb, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, which killed over 80,000 people on impact. Yoshikawa is displaying heavy scarring on his back soon after leaving the hospital.