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wreck of DC-6 missing with 46 aboard found in Gulf off Mobile; 17 bodies recovered
A pillow fight among teen-age narcotics patients in the Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island touched off a call for police reinforcements last night, but all was quiet before they arrived. There were no casualties.
Sen Taft scores Dem attacks on Sec Benson; attributes decline to Dem policy
credit sales at all-time high of 75%; repossessions back to pre-war avg of 6-8%
Stevenson confirms Eisenhower inv; is hon guest at Washington Dem reception; comments on reaction to NYC s
1953John Bradbury, English musician, songwriter, and producer (died 2015)[†]
John "Brad" Bradbury was an English drummer and record producer. He is best known for having been the drummer in the English ska group the Specials.
1953Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager[†]
Lanny King McDonald is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played over 1,100 games during a 16-year career in which he scored 500 goals and over 1,000 points. His total of 66 goals in 1982–83 remains the Flames' franchise record for a single season.
1953Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment[†]
Roberta Lynn Williams is an American video game designer and writer, who co-founded Sierra On-Line with her husband, game developer Ken Williams. In 1980, her first game, Mystery House, became a modest commercial success; it is credited as the first graphic adventure game. She is also known for creating and maintaining the King's Quest series, as well as designing the full motion video game Phantasmagoria in 1995.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]