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Dir Wilson proposes to coordinate Jap indus capacity and SE Asian raw materials to effect econ integration and ease strain on US production; official response mixed; SCAP econ chief Maj Gen Marquat mission to US noted; SE Asian reluctance to join plan seen
import prices rise discussed
J G Forrest wkly comment
US mil officials approve talks; resent Brit objections; note Brit mil cultivate Spanish mil
1951Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer[†]
Richard Bennett is an American guitarist and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for seventeen years and Mark Knopfler since 1994. As a session musician, he has worked with Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Rodney Crowell, and Vince Gill. He has produced albums for Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, and Kim Richey.
1951J. V. Cain, American football player (died 1979)[†]
James Victor Cain, Jr. was an American football tight end who played for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and was selected by the Cardinals seventh overall in the 1974 NFL draft.
1951Patriarch Daniel of Romania[†]
Daniel is the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The elections took place on 12 September 2007. Daniel won with a majority of 95 votes out of 161 against Bartolomeu Anania. He was officially enthroned on 30 September 2007 in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. As such, his official title is "Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea of Cappadocia, Patriarch of All Romania".
1951Tisa Farrow, American actress and model (died 2024)[†]
Theresa Magdalena "Tisa" Farrow was an American actress and model.
1951Slick Watts, American basketball player (died 2025)[†]
Donald Earl "Slick" Watts was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1976, he became the first player to lead the league in both assists and steals. He remained a favorite of Sonics fans after his basketball career.
1951Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.[†]
During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet space program used dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. The Soviet space program typically used female dogs due to their anatomical compatibility with the spacesuit. Similarly, they used mix-breed dogs due to their apparent hardiness.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]