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FM inventor Dr E H Armstrong develops new transmission system that can carry 3 different programs on same radio wave; describes it; notes its advantages; J H Bose and P Osborn collaborated; Armstrong and Bose illus
8th Army puts enemy losses at 2,147, Mar 8-14
Bill offered, Legis to bar city from borrowing to meet such budget items as judgments, claims and st repairs
Resigns
906 probationers graduated
1953Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (died 2001)[†]
Filemon Castelar Lagman, also known by the aliases Ka Popoy and Carlos Forte, was a Filipino revolutionary socialist and labor leader who supported Marxism-Leninism. He split with the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1991 due to ideological disagreements to form the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP). He was assassinated in 2001 at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City.
1953Chuck Muncie, American football player (died 2013)[†]
Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie was an American professional football player who was a running back for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1984. He was selected to the Pro Bowl three times, and tied the then-NFL season record for rushing touchdowns in 1981.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]