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Harriman and Stokes urge Mossadegh accept proposals; Harriman urges Iran show good faith; threatens to pub his observations if Iran pub its reply to proposals; Mossadegh sees Shah before meeting, then confs with Chmn Saleh and Hassibi
Greenberg and DeVarco drop libel suits; both deny Costello ties; Monaghan says he is not participating in 15th AD contest; Stella sues Farley for defamation
Chase Natl weighs merging Bonk of the Manhattan Co to become NYC's largest bank; banks' statement
Lr to Cong transmitting USSR Presidium resolution on US-USSR friendship; text
1951Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist[†]
Eric Antonio Goles Chacc is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied mathematical engineering at the University of Chile before earning two doctorates from the University of Grenoble in France. His research focuses on discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, complex systems, and cellular automata.
1951Glenn Hughes, English musician[†]
Glenn Hughes is an English musician, best known for playing bass and performing vocals in the hard rock band Trapeze and in the Mk. III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple, as well as briefly fronting Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s.
1951Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator[†]
Yana Bland or Yana Bland Mintoff is a Maltese Labour politician, economist and educator. Mintoff was born on 21 August 1951, the daughter of the former Prime Minister of Malta, Dom Mintoff and Moyra De Vere Bentinck, by whom she is descended from both Dutch and British nobility.
1951Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician[†]
Chesley V. Morton Jr. is an American stockbroker, securities arbitrator, and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
1951Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (born 1905)[†]
Leonard Constant Lambert was a British composer, conductor, and author. He was the founding music director of the Royal Ballet, and he was a major figure in the establishment of the English ballet as a significant artistic movement.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]