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adds com amendment to tax bill requiring those getting over $2,500 yrly from illegal source to file annual statements of net worth
charges of misconduct against McCarthy detailed by Sen Benton, subcom
Conservative party election manifesto stresses need for stable govt; differences from Labor policy seen in method, not principle; pledges to Scottish and Welsh Nationalists noted
Armed forces groups revolt; map; Peron repts most remain loyal and revolt easily crushed; issues orders to halt plot; threatens hanging; illus; retired Gens Menendez and Rawson named plot leaders: Gens Guaycochea and G Zinny linked; Labor Confed calls gen strike to back Adm; censorship; Min Borlenghi repts Nov elections unaffected; Senora Peron hails Govt supporters; Menendez, 80 Opposition leaders and others held; rebels flee to Uruguay; Capt Baroja comment; Uruguay will return all Argentine mil machines
1951Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician, President of Chile[†]
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first and to date only woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December 2013 with over 62% of the vote, having previously received 54% in 2006, making her the first President of Chile to be re-elected since 1932. After her second term, she served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. Earlier in her career, she was appointed as the first executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
1951Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna[†]
Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), Italy's leading centre-left party, from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to 1999, President of Emilia-Romagna from 1993 to 1996, Minister of Transport from 1999 to 2001, and Minister of Economic Development from 2006 to 2008.
1951Roslyn Schwartz, Canadian author[†]
Roslyn Schwartz is a Canadian children's author and animator.
1951Mike Enriquez, Filipino television and radio newscaster (died 2023)[†]
Miguel "Mike" Castro Enriquez was a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter. He started his career as a radio broadcaster in 1969, and after signing with GMA Network in 1995, he became an anchor for Saksi, GMA Network News and 24 Oras. He was also the Consultant for radio operations of GMA Network, and president of the network's regional and radio subsidiary, RGMA Network Inc., and the Station Manager of Super Radyo DZBB 594 AM.
1951Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (born 1864)[†]
Thomas W. Cahill was one of the founding fathers of soccer in the United States, and is considered the most important administrator in U.S. Soccer before World War II. Cahill formed the United States Football Association in 1913, which later became the United States Soccer Federation. In 1916 he became the first coach of the United States men's national soccer team. Cahill was enshrined in the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1950.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]