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Taft denounces smear campaign against Eisenhower
Brit officer to be named Deputy C/S
Repub Natl Com opens hearings on disputed delegates; votes 60-40 against radio-TV coverage after incidents; arguments revd; illus; Repr C Brown, G M Owlett, Lodge comment; Com settles Fla dispute; racial issue noted
Statement on Defense Production Act
US Sen, 72-5, approves protocol; rejects Sen Dirksen move to delay vote; minority voters listed; Connally lauds EDC and protocol
1952Sylvia Rivera, American transgender rights activist (died 2002)[†]
Sylvia Rivera was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York. Rivera, who identified as a drag queen for most of her life and later as a transgender person, participated in demonstrations with the Gay Liberation Front.
1952Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach[†]
Anatoliy Vasilyevich Solomin is a former Soviet Ukrainian race walker. Solomin competed in men's 20 km walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics and contended for the gold medal, but was disqualified from the lead shortly before the finish. He was European indoor champion in men's 5000 m walk in 1983 and briefly held the 20 km world best. He was born in Komarovka in Penza Oblast.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]