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NYC sets record on 1st day; complaints on slow pace noted; pol leaders comment; Westchester Exec Gerlach makes plea
Eisenhower pledges to expand Western program, s, Seattle; repeats Repubs, under T Roosevelt, started program
Acheson scores those seeking to escape responsibility of defending Korea; backs UN truce stand, s, IUE
4 fugitives captured after robbing liquor store, Bronx
Yankees win 6th, 3-2
1952Mary Badham, American actress[†]
Mary Badham is an American actress who portrayed Jean Louise "Scout" Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. At the time, Badham was the youngest actress ever nominated in this category.
1952Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia[†]
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He has been described as the de facto leader of Russia since 1999 or 2000.
1952Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)[†]
Joseph Alfred Gilles Jacques Richard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Quebec Nordiques. After an impressive junior career, Richard was considered a potential NHL superstar, but, except for a single season late in his career, he failed to live up to the promise. He led a troubled life both in hockey and after. Six years after retiring, in 1989, he was arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine and then in 2002, Richard died in a car accident driving back from a party celebrating his 50th birthday.
1952Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer[†]
Graham Neil Yallop is a former Australian international cricketer. Yallop played Test and One Day International cricket for the Australia national cricket team between 1976 and 1984, captaining the side briefly during the World Series Cricket era in the late 1970s. A technically correct left-handed batsman, Yallop played domestically for Victoria, invariably batting near the top of the order and led Victoria to two Sheffield Shield titles. He was the first player to wear a full helmet in a Test match.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]