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Dir Wilson urges continuing to build strength after Korean war end, s to nation
enemy counter-attacks NE of Yanggu; stalls UN drive backed by carrier-based planes; attack NW of Kansong repulsed; no action reptd, W and central fronts
Lr to Premier Mossadegh on Anglo-Iranian oil dispute
members reject proposal, 700-571
Judge Ryan says CRC should not be permitted to write bail bonds for anyone in his ct
1951Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Cheryl Wheeler is an American singer-songwriter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded thirteen folk albums to date and has toured extensively throughout the United States since the mid-1970s.
1951Rajnath Singh, Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India[†]
Rajnath Singh is an Indian politician and lecturer who has been serving as the 29th Union Minister of Defence since 2019 and as the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He previously served as the 25th Union Minister of Home Affairs in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019, making him the first person born after Indian independence to hold the office. He was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. Singh is a veteran leader of the BJP who started his career as a swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
1951Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.[†]
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC) led by the United States. The conflict was one of the first major proxy wars of the Cold War. Fighting ended in 1953 with an armistice but no peace treaty, leading to the ongoing Korean conflict.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]