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April 11, 1953

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STEVENS DECLARES KOREA SHELL STOCK IS IN 'GOOD SHAPE'; But He Tells Senate Shortage Inquiry Some Reserves in U. S. Are Still Depleted

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Stevens testifies new ammunition output brought stores to satisfactory level; repts some 3-mos supply of 5 critical items on hand; recalls his trip to Korea; says Mar 25 fighting, Old Baldy, showed no sign of shortage; comments on Van Fleet testimony; says there had been shortages; Byrd lauds Stevens, scores Lovett and Pace; Pentagon reprs and Sens argue over making subcom data pub; Lovett and Pace submit supplementary statements on funds to subcom; Symington scores Lovett statement; hearing illus

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Notable Births

Guy Verhofstadt

1953Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium[†]

Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium from 2009 until 2024.

Andrew Wiles

1953Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic[†]

Sir Andrew John Wiles is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specialising in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley Medal and for which he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000. In 2018, Wiles was appointed the first Regius Professor of Mathematics at Oxford. Wiles is also a 1997 MacArthur Fellow.

Notable Deaths

1953Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (born 1869)[†]

Charles Augustus "Kid" Nichols was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1890 to 1906. A switch hitter who threw right-handed, he was listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg). He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Historical Context for April 11, 1953

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