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Comr Zurmuhlen asks $85,752,390 for various projects, '54, City Planning Comm; submits 6-yr $243,197,472 program
Guillaume, in Paris, charges Istiqlal party incited riots; Sultan urges French restore order; appeals to world for 'help' against French
mobs topple statues, Teheran; Govt denies his right to issue decrees changing Govts
strikes take grave turn as Govt-union talks are broken; Laniel bars further talks unless workers return, radio s; holds France incapable of granting higher wages, reply to conditions set by non-Communist leaders; Assembly Pres Herriot defers reconvening Assembly though getting 215 requests
1953Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician[†]
Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and former judge who was the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea Party movement. In January 2015, he unsuccessfully challenged John Boehner for Speaker of the House of Representatives. In November 2021, he announced his candidacy in the 2022 Texas Attorney General election. He failed to advance to the Republican primary runoff, finishing fourth with 17% of the vote. His political positions are often considered far-right.
1953Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter (died 2010)[†]
Marvin Isley was an American musician best known as the youngest member of the family music group the Isley Brothers and its bass guitarist.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]