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Asst Comr B G Gallagher slated as pres; Dr Bunche and D E Lilienthal declined bids for post
arrival of US 49th Air Div, GB, marks big rise in defensive strength; Dir has wing of 45 B-45s and wing of 75 F-84s; 20th Fighter-Bomber Wing has special atomic-trained comdrs; Sec Finletter and Norstad inspect Div; their visit and Brit assignment of Lt Gen Festing to Brit East Command linked to possible use of atomic weapons
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1952Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)[†]
Patricia Susan Summitt was an American women's college basketball head coach and college basketball player. She coached 1,098 career wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012 and is considered one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]