On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Govt DC--3 carrying reporters and entertainers to Falcom Dam, Tex, dedication crashes near Monterrey
TVA, backed by US State Dept, drafts $121-million program providing irrigation and elec power for Jordan, Syria and Israel; map; chmn Clapp gives figures on irrigation; study for plan, made by C T Main Inc, ignores frontiers; US would have UN Palestine Refugees Agency finance virtually whole project for Syria and Jordan while Israel would pay for its part; Agency comm gets plan; Israeli repr recalls Min Sharett Sept statement that water use is matter for confs by states concerned; Israeli opposition to TVA plan seen because of its conflict with Lowdermilk-Hays plan; TVA plan may require modification of Israeli border
asks Parole Bd and Dewey to pub list of those who asked Fay parole; statement on city employes
Eisenhower and Ruiz Cortinez dedicate Falcon Dam as new Mex-US goodwill bond; illus; hail Mex-US ties, ss; Eisenhower feted in Nuevo Guerrero; Ruiz crosses into US
Dr Berkner holds early defense warning screen can be built for $370 million; says higher estimates are based on extending obsolete systems; blames failures to correct weaknesses on lack of scientific-pol-mil liaison; sees 6-hr early warning system possible by '55; Wilson repr repts Sec plans to adopt Lincoln principles with best features of similar projects
1953Keith Hernandez, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Keith Hernandez is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons, most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Hernandez was a five-time All-Star who shared the 1979 NL MVP award and won two World Series titles, one each with the Cardinals and Mets. Since 1998, he has been a color commentator on Mets television broadcasts.
1953Richard McWilliam, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Upper Deck Company (died 2013)[†]
Richard P. McWilliam was the chairman and co-founder of Upper Deck Company, a successful and award-winning Carlsbad-based collectibles business that specializes in trading cards for Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, National Football League and Major League Soccer. Before McWilliam was involved with the Upper Deck Company, he was a Cal State Fullerton graduate and former certified public accountant.
1953Bill Nunn, American actor (died 2016)[†]
William Goldwyn Nunn III was an American actor known for his roles as Dougy in James Bond III's movie Def by Temptation, Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing, Robbie Robertson in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man film trilogy and as Terrence "Pip" Phillips on The Job (2001–02).
1953Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (born 1916)[†]
Werner Baumbach was a German bomber pilot during World War II. He commanded the secret bomber wing Kampfgeschwader 200 of the Luftwaffe, the air force of Nazi Germany. Baumbach received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords for the destruction of over 300,000 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]