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Dewey, (Dr) John, 92
rain jams traffic, NY-NJ-Conn area; US traffic fatalities total 322
truce session; Harrison challenges Communists to accept impartial screening of POWs in SK; Nam rejects bid; uses less invective; Harrison asks recess until Communists are ready to discuss truce terms concretely; Nam refuses
1952Gary Bettman, American sports executive, 14th Commissioner of the National Hockey League[†]
Gary Bruce Bettman is an American sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice president and general counsel to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bettman is a graduate of Cornell University and New York University School of Law. Bettman was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.
1952Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (born 1880)[†]
Naum Torbov was a Bulgarian architect.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]