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Churchill again asserts desire for talks between Western leaders and Malenkov, s, Brit Commons; holds Foreign Mins Council a step in that direction; his remarks taken by Labor to mean Dulles overruled bid for high-level conf
Weinfeld extends strike injunction 60 days; Judge Sugarman grants temporary order to NLRB enjoining ILA and Anastasia bros from violence and coercion; shifts contempt suit against A Anastasia for violating strike injunction to another ct; orders jury trial
NYC Council Pres Halley demands that US modify stand toward Israel in UN or that Dulles resign
Sec Dulles denies plan to cut troops, J Reston rept on int on Wilson statement
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Oct. 20 -- The West persuaded the United Nations Security Council today to drop the Trieste case for two weeks to provide time for a new try at direct negotiations.
1953Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter[†]
Charlotte Irene Caffey is an American guitarist and pianist, best known for her work in the rock band the Go-Go's in the 1980s, including writing "We Got the Beat".
1953Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Eric Faulkner is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers.
1953Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (died 1982)[†]
Keith Gordon Green was an American pianist, singer, songwriter, and musician. Originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, Green is known as a pioneer in the Christian contemporary genre. His most notable songs are "There Is a Redeemer", which was written by his wife Melody; "Oh Lord You're Beautiful" written by Keith, Kelly Willard, and Melody; "I Want To Be More Like Jesus"; "To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice"; and "Your Love Broke Through”.
1953Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader[†]
Marc Alan Johnson is an American jazz bass player, composer and band leader. Johnson was born in Nebraska and grew up in Texas. He is married to the Brazilian jazz pianist and singer Eliane Elias.
1953Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland[†]
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, is a British politician, lobbyist and diplomat. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004 and served in the Cabinets of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Minister without portfolio, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Business Secretary and First Secretary of State. He served as British Ambassador to the United States from February to September 2025 under Keir Starmer.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]