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Sen, 57-26, overrides; pol analysis of vote; McCarran on veto
UN, after Yalu power plants bombings, says Communists must suffer damages of war as long as talk drag on; Communists defy attempt to intimidate them; reject UN repatriation plan
heat wave kills 39
Gates Av, 9, Bklyn: tenement; I Greene admits setting this and other fires when seized by police
Cong conf com kills amendment
1952Enis Batur, Turkish poet and author[†]
Ahmet Enis Batur is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor.
1952Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter and politician (died 2013)[†]
Pietro Paolo Mennea, nicknamed la Freccia del Sud, was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200 m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and setting a world record at 19.72 seconds in September 1979. This record stood for almost 17 years – the longest duration in the event history – and is still the European record. He is the only male sprinter who has qualified at four consecutive 200 metres Olympic finals: from 1972 to 1984.
1952Jean-Christophe Rufin, French physician and author[†]
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]