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May 15, 1951

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HARMONY IS NOTED; Secretary Asserts Plan of MacArthur Would Hamper Eisenhower DELICATE SITUATION CITED Witness States Commander's Attitude Forced Caution-- Bradley on Stand Today

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, May 14--Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall declared today that for months before the recall of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur the Government's highest authorities had to be "very careful" in their interchanges with him.

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Notable Births

Dennis Frederiksen

1951Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)[†]

Dennis Hardy "Fergie" Frederiksen was an American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, as well as providing backing vocals for Survivor. He contributed to hit singles in three consecutive years, all with different bands: Survivor's "American Heartbeat" in 1982, LeRoux's "Carrie's Gone" in 1983 and Toto's "Stranger in Town" in 1984.

1951Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic[†]

Sir Chris Ham, is a health policy academic who started life as a political scientist. He was chief executive of the King's Fund from 2010 to 2018. He was professor of health policy and management at University of Birmingham's health services management centre from 1992 to 2010. He was seconded to the Department of Health where he was Director of the Strategy Unit working with Alan Milburn and John Reid until 2004.

Frank Wilczek

1951Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate[†]

Frank Anthony Wilczek is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate. He is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), distinguished professor at Arizona State University (ASU) during February and March and full professor at Stockholm University.

Historical Context for May 15, 1951

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