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Critically injures R G Thompson in unprovoked assault, NYC Fed Detention House; desire to stay deportation to Yugoslavia held motive
Gov Dewey orders NYS forests closed except in Nassau and Suffolk counties
Benson conf with Eisenhower; says Adm will propose 'improvements' but nothing 'revolutionary' early next yr; Repr Javits backs Benson and Eisenhower on program in interest of farmer and consumer; urges consumer com aid Agr Advisory Comm
Yonkers civic assn pres W T Cox gets anon phone threat warning him to 'lay off' Yonkers track; Nassau grand jury hears more witnesses; S Nassau Lawyers Assn backs Lent
NNRC postpones announcement that may indefinitely delay 'explanations'; SK POW asks repatriation; Dickenson gets med exams, Tokyo Army hosp; Allen and Thimayya discuss POW problem; silent
1953Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (died 2024)[†]
Christoph Paul Daum was a German professional football manager and player. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. In 1992, he won the Bundesliga championship with VfB Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, he also led 1. FC Köln to two and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to three second places. He won further national championships with the Turkish clubs Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe as well as Austria Wien. In 2000, a drug scandal prevented his appointment as German national coach.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]