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Stalin's apotheosis discussed; Schwartz revs speculation on successor
NYC asks FCC permit to use WNYC to control lights; holds method more reliable; sees $500,000 saving; sees no effects on broadcasts; system would be 1st in US; description; A R DiPaola credits Comr Paduano with idea
Sec Dulles clears him of security and loyalty charges; grants application for retirement with pension
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The chief spokesmen on foreign and financial policy of the United States and Britain met around the conference table late today to begin a series of discussions on a common approach to the economic and political ills besetting the non-Communist world.
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1953Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and author[â ]
Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault is a Swedish poet and writer. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1992 to 2019. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in recognition of her services to literature.
1953Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic[â ]
Michael Joseph Sandel is an American political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely available online and on television. It has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world, including in China, where Sandel was named the 2011 "most influential foreign figure of the year".
1953Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng[â ]
Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale is a South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist, and former political prisoner. For many years, Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities, alongside figures such as Nelson Mandela. After the 1994 general electionâthe first fully democratic election in South AfricaâSexwale became the Premier of Gauteng Province.
1953Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1897)[â ]
Herman Jacob Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Mankiewicz was previously a Berlin correspondent for Womenâs Wear Daily, assistant theater editor at The New York Times, and the first regular drama critic at The New Yorker. Alexander Woollcott said that Mankiewicz was the "funniest man in New York".
1953Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1891)[â ]
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant KijĂ©, the ballet Romeo and Julietâfrom which "Dance of the Knights" is takenâand Peter and the Wolf. Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he createdâexcluding juveniliaâseven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five piano concertos, two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, and nine completed piano sonatas.
1953Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (born 1878)[â ]
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 MarxismâLeninism, and his version of it is referred to as Stalinism.
1953Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.[â ]
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 MarxismâLeninism, and his version of it is referred to as Stalinism.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[â ]