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February 21, 1953

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Headlines from February 21, 1953

FRANCE CONCEDES ARMY PROTOCOLS COULD BE REVISED; Agrees With Other Europeans Proposals Were Badly Drawn and Some Went Too Far PARIS IS READY TO CONFER Spokesman Insists That Pact Suggestions Did Not Imply Change in Unity Policy FRANCE CONCEDES PROTOCOL SHIFTS

By Harold Callenderspecial To the New York Times

Interim Comm meets, Paris; French protocols attacked; Amb Alphand concedes protocols could be revised; denies France disfavors EDC or wants to change treaty basically

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Notable Births

Christine Ebersole

1953Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer[โ€ ]

Christine Ebersole is an American actress, singer and comedian. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage. She has received two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award as well as a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award.

William Petersen

1953William Petersen, American actor and producer[โ€ ]

William Louis Petersen is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama thriller series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000โ€“2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award; he was further nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of the show. He reprised his role as Gil Grissom in the sequel CSI: Vegas, which premiered on October 6, 2021.

Historical Context for February 21, 1953

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