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Heavy Fighting continues, Old Baldy; Chinese cling to gains; suffer some 3,000 losses, 3 days; UN losses reptd severe; counter-attack hampered by weather; most planes grounded; Chinese step up attacks S of Panmunjom
Churchill agrees to talks
urges pub aid his fight against Dewey program, radio and TV ss
she dies, 85, London; por; Parliament suspended; Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret and Duke of Edinburgh illus on visit before death
leaves Paris for US
1953Christos Ardizoglou, Greek footballer[†]
Christos Ardizoglou is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a wide midfielder.
1953Robert Fox, English producer and manager[†]
Robert Michael John Fox is an English theatre and film producer, whose work includes the 2002 film The Hours.
1953Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia[†]
Vesna Pusić is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister taking the office after Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is known as an outspoken liberal and an advocate of European integration, anti-fascism, gender equality and LGBT rights.
1953Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach[†]
Haroon Rasheed Dar is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 23 Test matches and 12 One Day International from 1977 to 1983.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]