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October 27, 1953

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By Winston Churchill: The Second World War; Volume VI -- Triumph and Tragedy Book I -- The Tide of Victory INSTALLMENT 4: ITALY AND THE RIVIERA LANDING By Winston Churchill: The Second World War Volume VI -- Triumph and Tragedy I Fly to Naples and Meet Tito -- Tito, Communism, and King Peter -- Allied Military Government in Istria -- My Second Meeting with Tito -- A Sunshine Holiday -- I Fly to Corsica -- The Landings on the French Riviera -- My Summing Up of The Anvil-Dragoon Story. INSTALLMENT 4 -- ITALY AND THE RIVIERA LANDING Book I--The Tide of Victory A Visit to General Mark Clark-- Sombre Reflections--I Fly to Rome, August 21--I Meet Some Italian Politicians-Audience with Pope Pius XII--I Remm to Alexander's Headquarters at Siena, August 2d----A Meeting with General Devers--The Attack Begins--A Magnificent view --An dventurous Motor Drive.

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Notable Births

Peter Firth

1953Peter Firth, English actor[†]

Peter Macintosh Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme Spooks; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. He has given many other television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in Equus (1977), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received an Academy Award nomination.

Robert Picardo

1953Robert Picardo, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]

Robert Alphonse Picardo is an American actor. He is best known for playing the Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared as Richard Woolsey in the Stargate franchise, the Cowboy in Innerspace, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years, and Captain Dick Richard on the ABC series China Beach. He is a frequent collaborator with Joe Dante and is a member of The Planetary Society's board of directors.

Notable Deaths

Tom Wass

1953Thomas Wass, English cricketer (born 1873)[†]

Thomas George Wass was a Nottinghamshire cricketer, a bowler best remembered, alongside Albert Hallam, for bowling that gave Nottinghamshire a brilliant County Championship win in 1907. Wass also holds the record for the most wickets taken for Nottinghamshire — 1633 for 20.34 each.

Historical Context for October 27, 1953

In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]