1951Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (died 2017)[†]
Gilbert Baker was an American artist, designer, activist, and vexillographer, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag.
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In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]
1951Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (died 2017)[†]
Gilbert Baker was an American artist, designer, activist, and vexillographer, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag.
1951Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager[†]
Arnold Johannes Hyacinthus Mühren is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. His older brother Gerrie, also a midfielder, won three European Cup titles with Ajax in the early 1970s. Mühren is among the few players to have won all three major UEFA-organised club competitions, the European Cup (1972–73), the Cup Winners' Cup (1986–87) and the UEFA Cup (1980–81). The last of these was won with Ipswich Town, while the other titles were won while playing for Ajax. He is also one of the two Dutch players, together with Danny Blind, to have won all UEFA club competitions.
1951Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Larry Clark Robinson is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, executive and player. His coaching career includes head coaching positions with the New Jersey Devils, as well as the Los Angeles Kings. For his play in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings, Robinson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2017, Robinson was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players". Larry is the brother of Moe Robinson.
1951Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator[†]
Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie, Lord Kinclaven was a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
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