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January 14, 1953

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Headlines from January 14, 1953

SENATE, 81-7, BARS MORSE G. O. P. SEAT ON KEY COMMITTEE; Oregon Independent's Appeal Rejected, Taft Explains, as Threat to Party Control LOSER SEES 'PUNISHMENT' Penalized for Campaign Bolt to Stevenson, He Asserts -- Majority Posts Assigned Senate, 81 to 7, Rejects Morse Bid For a Republican Committee Seat

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Sen rejects, 81-7, Morse appeal to be allowed to remain on Armed Services Com; he is left off Labor Com; offered membership on DC and Pub Works Coms

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Notable Births

David Clary

1953David Clary, English chemist and academic[†]

Sir David Charles Clary, FRS is a British theoretical chemist. He was president of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 2005 to 2020. He was the first chief scientific adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2009 to 2013. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford.

Denzil Douglas

1953Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis[†]

Denzil Llewellyn Douglas is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) from 1989 to 2021. He was the leader of the parliamentary opposition from 1989 to 1995 and from 2015 to 2022.

Hans Westerhoff

1953Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic[†]

Hans Victor Westerhoff is a Dutch biologist and biochemist who is professor of synthetic systems biology at the University of Amsterdam and AstraZeneca professor of systems biology at the University of Manchester. Currently he is a Chair of AstraZeneca and a director of the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology.

Historical Events

Josip Broz Tito

1953Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia.[†]

Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician. During World War II, he led the Yugoslav Partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in German-occupied Europe. Tito led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1944 to 1963, and president from 1953 until his death in 1980. The political ideology and policies promulgated by Tito are known as Titoism.

Historical Context for January 14, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]