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City of San Francisco (SP) trapped by blizzard W of Donner Summit, High Sierras; map; 226 aboard without heat or light; relief party brings supplies; relief trains from Reno and Roseville on way; Army sends trained Arctic rescue sqd
Peiping radio repts Communist truce team discusses alleged flights
17 Repub Sens demand full disclosure of confs to determine if secret accords were reached, resolution; Sen com gets resolution; Sen Connally, chmn, hints it will die there
summations; jury deliberates 7 hrs, locked up for night
Churchill says West is determined to defend freedoms, s, Ottawa
1952Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter[†]
Boris Blank is a Swiss artist and musician. He forms the musical duo Yello with Dieter Meier.
1952Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer (died 2018)[†]
Andrzej Lucjan Fischer was a Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1952Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (died 2021)[†]
Muhammad Wakkas was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, former Member of Parliament and State Minister. He was the founder of Jamia Imdadia Madaninagar Madrasa, the largest madrasa in South Bengal, accommodating roughly 2000 students.
1952Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (born 1887)[†]
Edward Michael „Ned“ Hanlon was an Australian politician and soldier, who was Premier of Queensland from 1946 until his death in 1952.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]