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January 18, 1954

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Headlines from January 18, 1954

Indian Commander Insists U.N. Should Hold P.O.W.'s

By the Associated Press

PANMUNJOM, Monday, Jan. 18 -- Lieut. Gen. K. S. Thimayya of India insisted to the United Nations Command today that it would violate the Korean armistice if it freed the anti-Communist prisoners after they were returned to it beginning Wednesday.

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Notable Births

Ted DiBiase

1954Ted DiBiase, American wrestler[†]

Theodore Marvin DiBiase Sr. is an American retired professional wrestler, manager, and color commentator. He is signed to WWE as of 2024, where he works in their Legends program. DiBiase achieved championship success in a number of wrestling promotions, holding thirty titles during his professional wrestling career. He is best recalled by mainstream audiences for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled as "the Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. He has been named as one of the best technical wrestlers, and greatest villains in pro wrestling history.

Notable Deaths

Sydney Greenstreet

1954Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (born 1879)[†]

Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was a British and American actor. While he did not begin his career in films until the age of 61, he had a run of significant motion pictures in a Hollywood career lasting through the 1940s. He is best remembered for the three Warner Bros. films – The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944) – with both Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre. Greenstreet was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Maltese Falcon. He portrayed Nero Wolfe on radio during 1950 and 1951. He became an American citizen in 1925.

Historical Context for January 18, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]