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September 15, 1951

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3 ALLIES WILLING TO TALK TO SOVIET ON 'COLD WAR' END; Issue Declaration of Policy Stressing Peaceful Aims of All Defense Moves TO PUSH AUSTRIAN TREATY Western Big Three Confirm Intention to Give Bonn Role in Balking Red Aggression Say Aim Is a Just Peace Door to Soviet Held Open Allies Willing to Confer With Soviet To Find Means to End 'Cold War' Schuman Plan Solidly Backed Acheson Leaves Today

By Walter H. Waggoner Special To the New York Times

Mins urge speed in inclusion of an almost-sovereign Ger into defense system, policy declaration and communique; instruct aides in W Ger to negotiate those aimes; W Ger to brought nearer peace under contractual agreement than was possible under Occupation Statute

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Notable Births

Pete Carroll

1951Pete Carroll, American football player and coach[†]

Peter Clay Carroll is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as head coach for the NCAA's USC Trojans (2001–2009) and the NFL's New York Jets (1994), New England Patriots (1997–1999), and Seattle Seahawks (2010–2023). Carroll is the third head coach to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl, after Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer.

Johan Neeskens

1951Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2024)[†]

Johannes Jacobus Neeskens was a Dutch football manager and player. A midfielder, he was an important member of the Netherlands national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups and is considered one of the greatest midfielders of all time. In 2004, he was named one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony, while in 2017 he was included in the FourFourTwo list of the 100 all-time greatest players, at the 64th position.

Fred Seibert

1951Fred Seibert, American television producer, co-founder of MTV[†]

Fred Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor. Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and has received a Grammy Award nomination.

Historical Context for September 15, 1951

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