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SKs capture Kansong; cross Imjin River, N and NE of Munsan; UN forces again have almost straight line across peninsula, north or astride Parallel; most of enemy salients in SK eliminated as UN troops move towards enemy supply bases and reserve areas; enemy fights to keep open escape corridor around E end of Hwachon reservoir and to protect Chorwon-Kumhwa area; opposes advance near Yongpong and N of Yonchon; resists UN drive beyond Hwachon on rd toward Kumhwa; US troops advance up to 5 mi from near Hyon
1951Zdravko ÄoliÄ, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter[ā ]
Zdravko ÄoliÄ is a Bosnian-Serbian pop singer and widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Favourably compared to Paul McCartney and Tom Jones by music critics and the general public, he has garnered fame in Southeastern Europe for his emotionally expressive tenor voice, fluent stage presence and numerous critically and commercially acclaimed albums and singles.
1951Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay[ā ]
Fernando Armindo Lugo MĆ©ndez is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro from 1994 to 2005. He was elected as president in 2008, an election that ended 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.
1951Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director[ā ]
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American character actor and writer. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry in Deadwood, Bob Bishop in Heroes, Sandy Ryerson in Glee, Stu Beggs in Californication and White Famous, "Action" Jack Barker in Silicon Valley, Dr. Leslie Berkowitz in One Day at a Time, Principal Earl Ball in The Goldbergs, and Dr. Schulman in The Mindy Project.
1951Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (born 1886)[ā ]
Hermann Broch was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers and The Death of Virgil.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[ā ]