Speaker Royburn, after conf with Repr McCormack and Pres Truman, implies USSR masses troops near Manchuria border; sees greater danger of expanded war, House debate; McCormack tells newsmen Russians mass on border; official sources indicate no new developments

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1951Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter^[†]

James Leslie Binks was a Northern Irish heavy metal drummer. He is best-known for being the drummer for Judas Priest, where he was a member from 1977 to 1979.

1951Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler^[†]

Yevgeniy Mikhailovich Gavrilenko is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained at Dynamo in Gomel.

1951Nedim Gürsel, Turkish writer^[†]

Nedim Gürsel is a Turkish writer. In the late 1960s, he published novellas and essays in Turkish magazines. After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1970, he studied at the Sorbonne. In 1974, he graduated from the Sorbonne's Department of Modern French Literature. In 1979, he received his doctorate in comparative literature after completing his dissertation on Louis Aragon and Nazim Hikmet. He returned to Turkey, but the unrest there in 1980 persuaded him to go back to France.

1951Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.^[†]

Dean Lawrence Kamen is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT, as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers. Kamen holds over 1,000 patents.

1951Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)^[†]

David Ewan McArtney was a New Zealand musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s with the band Hello Sailor and his band Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos.

1951Ubol Ratana, Thai Princess^[†]

Ubol Ratana is a member of the Thai royal family. She is the eldest child of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit, and the elder sister of King Vajiralongkorn.

Historical Events

1951Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.^[†]

Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and nuclear weapon designs. They were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 using New York's state execution chamber in Sing Sing in Ossining, New York, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for such charges and the first to be executed during peacetime. Other convicted co-conspirators were sentenced to prison, including Ethel's brother, David Greenglass, Harry Gold, and Morton Sobell. Klaus Fuchs, a German scientist working at the Los Alamos Laboratory, was convicted in the United Kingdom. For decades, many people, including the Rosenbergs' sons, have maintained that Ethel was innocent of spying and have sought an exoneration on her behalf from multiple U.S. presidents.

Historical Context for April 5, 1951

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

Headlines from April 5, 1951

World News Summarized

U. S. INSISTS BIG 4 STRESS PEACE AIMS; State Department Would Bar Recriminations at Session of Foreign Ministers U. S. INSISTS BIG 4 STRESS PEACE AIMS Says Gromyko Caused Impasse

Truman Angrily Denies Plan To Lamit Terms of Congress; White House Hits Daniels' Story On Truman Congress Curb Plan

Rayburn Intimates Russians Mass Troops in Manchuria; A Third World War May Be Near, Speaker Implies in Statement to House RAYBURN IMPLIES SOVIET TROOP MOVE

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for April 5, 1951