HAVANA, Feb. 28 -- General Manager Branch Rickey of the Pirates will make Ralph Kiner renegotiate his entire contract -- for less money -- if the Pittsburgh outfielder does not report to duty by Monday, it was indicated today.

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Yale Triumphs in Big Three Track And Beats Princeton in Basketball; YALE TRACK TEAM BIG THREE VICTOR

By Lincoln A. Werden

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 28 -- Yale's athletes carried off most of the honors in their busiest sports day of the season today, concluding the program with a thrilling basketball victory over Princeton at the Paine Whitney Gymnasium, 67 to 64.

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Notable Births

1953Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer^[†]

Sinan Çetin is a Turkish film director, actor and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival.

1953Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager^[†]

Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz is a Portuguese football manager who is currently coach of the Oman national team. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia, Egypt and Qatar, leading South Africa (2002), Portugal (2010) and Iran to the FIFA World Cup. At club level, he has also managed Sporting CP, the New York/New Jersey Metrostars in Major League Soccer and Spanish club Real Madrid. He also had two spells as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United.

1953M. K. Stalin, Indian Tamil politician, 8th and incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu^[†]

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian politician serving as the eighth and current chief minister of Tamil Nadu since 2021. He is the president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party since 28 August 2018, and served as the acting president of party from January 2017 to August 2018.

Historical Events

1953Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.^[†]

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held office as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as premier from 1941 until his death. Despite initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he eventually consolidated power to become an absolute dictator by the 1930s. Stalin codified the party's official interpretation of Marxism as Marxism–Leninism, and his version of it is referred to as Stalinism.

Historical Context for March 1, 1953

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