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Showdown due on French stand; Cabinet called to study extent of supra-natl authority acceptable
A E Stevenson repts on tour, radio-TV s, Chicago; says Asians identify West with colonialism
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Stark wins Dem primary
Min Salem affirms Egypt's stand against role in Western defense command as condition for Brit evacuation of Suez canal zone mil base
1953Kurt Fuller, American character actor[†]
Kurt Fuller is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He is known for his roles in the films No Holds Barred and Ghostbusters II, Wayne's World (1992), and Scary Movie (2000), as well as for his television roles playing Coroner Woody Strode in the USA Network television series Psych (2009–2014) and Zachariah in Supernatural (2009–2019).
1953Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (died 1995)[†]
Alan Leslie Barton was a British singer and member of the hit-making duo Black Lace. Their hits included "Agadoo", "Superman" and their United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest 1979 seventh-place finisher "Mary Ann" in Jerusalem.
1953Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator[†]
Nancy Louise Huston, OC is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.
1953Earl Klugh, American musician[†]
Earl Klugh is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy Award and received 13 nominations.
1953Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations[†]
George Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown is a British diplomat, communications consultant, journalist and former politician. He served as president of the Open Society Foundations from 2021 to 2024. Malloch Brown previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations under Kofi Annan from April to December 2006. A former member of the Labour Party, he served as Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations in the Brown government from 2007 to 2009.
1953Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster[†]
Jerome Kendrick Pate is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. As a 22-year-old rookie, he won the U.S. Open in 1976.
1953Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and manager[†]
Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti is a Chilean professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Real Betis. As a coach, he has managed clubs in Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, China, and Ecuador. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four countries.
1953Christopher Rich, American actor[†]
Christopher Rich Wilson is an American actor, best known for his roles on Murphy Brown, Reba, and Boston Legal.
1953Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster[†]
Eric Vail is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames and Detroit Red Wings. He helped Calgary reach the 1981 NHL playoff semifinals for the first time in club history.
1953American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people.[†]
American Airlines Flight 723 was a scheduled American Airlines flight from Boston Airport in Massachusetts, to Chicago Midway Airport in Illinois. On September 16, 1953, a Convair 240 propliner flying this route crashed while attempting to land at Albany Airport in upstate New York, killing all 28 people on board.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]