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THE growing accumulation of three - dimensional (stereoscopic) films, two more of which put in their appearance on one single day here last week, is such as to lead a candid skeptic of this method of projection to despair of any early abandonment of it or any sudden improvement in its use.
Three-run homers by Willard Marshall and Jim Greengrass in the wake of glaring Giant errors gave Cincinnati six unearned runs at the Polo Grounds yesterday. The result was a 7-5 victory for Rogers Hornsby's Redlegs that dampened the New Yorkers' hopes of making further progress in the National League pennant race.
Roosevelt, E: India and the Awakening East
1st day results; Bingham comments; Authority finds turnstiles accept children's metal play coins and some foreign coins valued at less than 15¢
Twenty-five months ago this week Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, the U. N. commander in Korea, sent out over Tokyo radio transmitters a message that began:
1953Felix Magath, German footballer and manager[â ]
Wolfgang Felix Magath is a German football manager and former player.
1953Robert Phillips, American guitarist[â ]
Robert Phillips is an American classical guitarist.
1953Henk Bleker, Dutch politician[â ]
Hinderk "Henk" Bleker is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in the First Rutte cabinet from 14 October 2010 to 5 November 2012. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he previously was party chair from 20 June 2010 until 14 October 2010.
1953Earl Tatum, American professional basketball player[â ]
William Earl Tatum is an American former professional basketball player from Mount Vernon, New York. He was a 6Â ft 4+1â2Â in (194Â cm) 185 pounds (84Â kg) guard who played high school basketball at Mount Vernon, where he was selected large-school player of the year by the New York State Sportswriters Association in 1972, and collegiately at Marquette University.
1953Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1883)[â ]
Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece. A distinguished soldier known for his personal bravery, he became famous as "The Black Rider" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919â1922, where he commanded the 5/42 Evzone Regiment. After the Greek defeat in the war, along with other Venizelist officers he launched the 11 September 1922 Revolution that deposed King Constantine I of Greece and his government. The military-led government ruled until January 1924, when power was handed over to an elected National Assembly, which later declared the Second Hellenic Republic. In the interwar period, Plastiras remained a devoted Venizelist and republican. Trying to avert the rise of the royalist People's Party and the restoration of the monarchy, he led two coup attempts in 1933 and 1935, both of which failed, forcing him to exile in France.
1953Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement[â ]
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a MarxistâLeninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
1953Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.[â ]
Arizona is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States. Arizona is divided into 15 counties.
1953Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.[â ]
The 2nd Battalion (Amphibious), The Royal Australian Regiment is an amphibious reconnaissance battalion of the Australian Army part of the 1st Division Amphibious Task Group based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[â ]