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USMC planes raze hydro-elec plant SW of Tongchon; map
LONDON, Nov. 16 -- A new problem in British-American relations has been created by the presence in Britain of a large United States military force. It is a problem that is not yet serious but one that is worrying both British and United States officials.
West End-11th Av lights to be retimed for 2-way progressive traffic flow, 41st-105th Sts; Wiley on system
Papagos and his Greek Rally party win landslide vote; seen holding 2/3 of Parliament seats; Plastiras loses seat; Leftist EDA maintains 10% vote strength; election background
Current emigration rate of 150,000 a yr seen easing overpopulation
1952David Emanuel, Welsh fashion designer[†]
David Emanuel is a Welsh fashion designer who designed, with his wife, Elizabeth, the wedding dress worn by Lady Diana Spencer at her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981.
1952Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player[†]
Ties Kruize is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 and 1984 Olympic Games and finished in fourth and sixth place, respectively. He became world champion in 1973, European champion in 1983, and retired from international competition in 1986, after the Hockey World Cup in London.
1952Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer[†]
Runa Laila is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in the Pakistani film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and also frequently joined him for singing duets, after replacing another singer Mala. She is one of the most prominent singers in South Asia. She's is known as the "'Queen of melody"' in South Asian music. Her playback singing in films – The Rain (1976), Jadur Banshi (1977), Accident (1989), Ontore Ontore (1994), Devdas (2013) and Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou (2014) - earned her seven Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer. She won the Best Music Composer award for the film Ekti Cinemar Golpo (2018).
1952Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, fifth President of South Africa[†]
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician serving as the 5th and current President of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president of the African National Congress (ANC).
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]