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February 5, 1954

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Headlines from February 5, 1954

U. S. Wins Freedom for Veteran Who Hid 2 Years From Czechs; U. S. Wins Freedom for Veteran Who Hid 2 Years From Czechs

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

US State Dept wins Hvasta release; reveals he had been in custody of US Embassy, Prague, since Oct '53 after escaping from Leopoldov prison in Jan '52 and eluding police for 21 mos; Hvasta was seized in Oct '48 on spy charge and sentenced to 10 yrs in jail after having worked for US Consulate Gen, Bratislava; case revd; por

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Notable Births

Cliff Martinez

1954Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter[†]

Cliff Robert Martinez is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for Spring Breakers (2012), The Foreigner (2017), and multiple films by Steven Soderbergh, Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), Solaris (2002), Contagion (2011) and Traffic (2000) and Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive (2011), Only God Forgives (2013), The Neon Demon (2016) and the miniseries Too Old to Die Young (2019).

1954Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author[†]

Frank William Walker is an Australian journalist and non-fiction writer. He writes non-fiction books, mostly on military history including about the British nuclear tests at Maralinga, in South Australia.

Notable Deaths

Hossein Sami'i

1954Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (born 1876)[†]

Mirza Hossein Khan Sami'i also known by his court title of Adib al Saltaneh was an Iranian writer, poet, diplomat and politician. He served in many positions in both the Qajar and Pahlavi governments.

Historical Context for February 5, 1954

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