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May 16, 1953

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DOCK UNION EVADES A. F. L. CRIMINAL BAN IN REPORT TO MEANY; Promises to Clean House, but Won't Oust Officers Short of Rule for All Affiliates 11 SUBPOENAED BY HOGAN Members of I. L. A. Executive Council Called to Testify Before Ryan Grand Jury DOCK UNION EVADES A. F. L. CRIMINAL BAN

By Stanley Leveyspecial To the New York Times

BALTIMORE, May 15 -- The crime-infested International Longshoremen's Association, fighting to stay in the American Federation of Labor, promised today to clean house but sidestepped an order to throw out officers with criminal records unless the huge federation adopted such a rule covering all its affiliates.

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Notable Births

Pierce Brosnan

1953Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer[†]

Pierce Brendan Brosnan is an Irish actor and film producer. He was the fifth actor to play the fictional secret agent James Bond in the James Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 and in multiple video games, such as GoldenEye 007.

1953Peter Onorati, American actor[†]

Peter Onorati is an American actor. He is known for his TV roles as Charlie Howell on Civil Wars (1991–1993), Mr. Scotto on Murder One (1995–1997), Stanley Pearson on This Is Us (2017–2022), and Jeffrey Mumford on S.W.A.T. (2017–2019), and his film roles in Goodfellas (1990), and Fallen Arches (1998).

Richard Page (musician)

1953Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player[†]

Richard James Page is an American musician who is best known as the lead singer and bassist of 1980s band Mr. Mister. The band's hits include "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie". Page has also sung in other bands, been a solo artist, written songs for other artists, and worked as a background singer for other artists.

Kitanoumi Toshimitsu

1953Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (died 2015)[†]

Kitanoumi Toshimitsu , born Toshimitsu Obata , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Sōbetsu, Hokkaido. He entered professional sumo at the age of 13 and set several youth-related records, including promotion to the highest rank of yokozuna at the age of 21. Despite being the most dominant wrestler in the sport during the 1970s with 24 tournament championships in his career, he was not popular with fans and was viewed as a villain, earning him the nickname the "Hatefully Strong Yokozuna". At the time of his death he still held the records for most tournaments at yokozuna (63) and most bouts won as a yokozuna (670), but they have since been surpassed. Following his retirement in 1985 he established the Kitanoumi stable. He was chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from 2002 until 2008, and again from 2012 until his death.

David Maclean, Baron Blencathra

1953David Maclean, Scottish politician[†]

David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.

Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman

1953Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic[†]

Stephen Errol Woolman, Lord Woolman, is a Scottish legal academic and a retired Senator of the College of Justice.

Notable Deaths

Django Reinhardt

1953Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (born 1910)[†]

Jean Reinhardt, known by his Romani nickname Django, was a Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer who lived most of his life in France. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents.

Historical Context for May 16, 1953

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