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Prime Min Churchill and Lord Salisbury conf, London, on US-Brit differences; Brit reaction to US stand discussed
400 UN POWs freed, including 133 Amers; Brit Red Cross member R M Jerram and Amer G Corom return to SK from visit to Yalu POW camps; rept Communists hampered their work; say they heard no complaints from POWs they were allowed to int
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US invites Remon
1953David Hurley, Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia[†]
General David John Hurley, is an Australian former politician and military officer. A senior officer in the Australian Army, he served as the 27th governor-general of Australia from 2019 to 2024. He was previously the 38th governor of New South Wales from 2014 to 2019.
1953Andrea Saltelli, Italian statistician and sociologist[†]
Andrea Saltelli is an Italian scholar specializing in quantification using statistical and sociological tools. He has extended the theory of sensitivity analysis to sensitivity auditing, focusing on physical chemistry, environmental statistics, impact assessment and science for policy. He is currently Counsellor at the UPF ca:UPF Barcelona School of Management.
1953Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer[†]
Patrick Gerald Walter Sharkey is a former Northern Irish international footballer.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]