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In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]
1951Greg Bear, American author (died 2022)[†]
Gregory Dale Bear was an American science fiction writer. His work covered themes of galactic conflict, parallel universes, consciousness and cultural practices, and accelerated evolution. His last work was the 2021 novel The Unfinished Land. Greg Bear wrote over 50 books in total.
1951DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey[†]
The Reverend DeForest Blake "Buster" Soaries, Jr. is an African-American Baptist minister, author and public advocate, from Montclair, New Jersey. He is the former Secretary of State of New Jersey and former chairman of the federal Election Assistance Commission. He was the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey, a position he had held since November 1990 until his retirement from the church in June 2021.
1951İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (born 1882)[†]
İzzettin Çalışlar was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He is known for his achievements in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. He later joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal and fought in the Turkish War of Independence. He also served as a politician and was a prominent member of the Kemalist movement.
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Commerce Dept rept on gross natl product shows price rise 'tapering off'; cites drop in private demand for goods
US Marines defeat Brit troops, Korea
collapse of talks again averted by postponement of pub of Iran reply; Harriman again at conf; S A Shayegan and Hassibi see little hope; proposals scored in Majlis; Stokes recd by Deputies at soc affair; H Makki again urges strict enforcement of nationalization law
Educ Bd asks $398,032,656 for '53-57; seeks $19,450,000 for 24 projects, '52
House bill seen cut to $6 billion
Sec Acheson says US gave $90-million arms aid and plans $300 million more, reply to Calif Lt Gov Knight charges
Eight Republican Senators assailed the Administration's Asiatic policy as "a catastrophic failure" and placed the blame mainly on the State Department and Secretary Acheson.
evidence seen in USSR note protesting US cancellation of '37 trade pact
subcom session; no details; snags reptd; meeting brief
100 reptd dead, Jamaica; Spanish Town, Port Royal and Morant Bay devastated; 130-mph winds hit Yucatan peninsula; Kingston damage illus
Sec Acheson replies to Calif Lt Gov Knight charges of 'collusion' with Communists; denies abandoning Nationalists
Mrs. Hetty Braine of 151 West Seventy-seventh Street is the widow of a composer. Her son, Robert William Braine 3d, 19 years old, plays the piano.