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January 14, 1951

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Headlines from January 14, 1951

Princeton's Donan Named Top Lineman

By Unknown Author

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13-- Holland Donan, star tackle on Princeton University's undefeated football team, will receive the Lineman of the Year trophy at the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's forty-seventh annual dinner on Jan. 29.

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Notable Births

1951Ron Behagen, American basketball player[†]

Ronald Michael Behagen is an American former professional basketball player.

O. Panneerselvam

1951O. Panneerselvam, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[†]

Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu briefly in December 2016 and previously from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2014 to 2015. As finance minister, he has presented the Tamil Nadu state budget 11 times.

Notable Deaths

Gregorios Xenopoulos

1951Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (born 1867)[†]

Gregorios Xenopoulos was a novelist, journalist and playwright from Zakynthos.

Historical Events

National Airlines Flight 83

1951National Airlines Flight 83 crashes during landing at Philadelphia International Airport, killing seven passengers and crew.[†]

National Airlines Flight 83 was a United States domestic flight from Newark International Airport, serving New York City, to Philadelphia. On January 14, 1951, the Douglas DC-4 of National Airlines crashed on landing at Philadelphia International Airport. The aircraft over-shot the runway, ran into a ditch and caught fire. Of the 28 people on board, 7 were killed and 11 injured. One of the dead was the lone flight attendant, Frankie Housley, who had gone back into the burning aircraft to try to save more passengers.

Historical Context for January 14, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]