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August 30, 1951

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Headlines from August 30, 1951

NEW CLASH SNARLS TEACHER PAY RISE, UP FOR VOTE TODAY; Barring of 500 From Expected Advance Stirs Angry Protest by High School Group BOARD NOT LIKELY TO ACT Delay Forecast on Adoption of Schedules Approved by City --'Strike' Revival Hinted Estimate Board Approved Rises Extra-curricular Work Ban NEW CLASH SNARLS TEACHER PAY RISE

By Murray Illson

protests barring 500 hs teachers, apptd after July '47, from advancing 1 salary step; Bd may defer adopting raises as result; Assn exec M Murphy says compromise formula included step-up; Moss comments

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Notable Births

Timothy Bottoms

1951Timothy Bottoms, American actor[†]

Timothy James Bottoms is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show (1971), where he and his fellow co-stars, Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, rose to fame; and as James Hart, the first-year law student who battles with Prof. Kingsfield, in the film adaptation The Paper Chase (1973). He is also known for playing the main antagonist in the disaster film Rollercoaster (1977) and for playing President George W. Bush multiple times, including on the sitcom That's My Bush!, the comedy film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and the docudrama DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.

Gediminas Kirkilas

1951Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2024)[†]

Gediminas Kirkilas was a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008.

Jim Paredes

1951Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor[†]

Jaime Ramon Misa Paredes, better known simply as Jim Paredes, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, television host, writer and actor. He is known as one of the members of popular musical trio Apo Hiking Society along with Danny Javier and Boboy Garovillo. Regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He is the son of Ester Paredes Jimenez, a staunch martial law activist.

Notable Deaths

Konstantin Märska

1951Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (born 1896)[†]

Konstantin Märska was an Estonian cinematographer and film director.

Historical Context for August 30, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]