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Eisenhower, commenting, says Dulles alone is responsible for Dept assignments, news conf
Wagner concedes program has collapsed as result of NYS stand, s to Kiwanis; pledges '55 fight for financial home rule; sees city services hurt; makes pub Beame rept on 1st NYS com rept; Beame charges Mgt Survey Com and Haig-Shoup repts were cited only when they upheld state views
mgt adopts policy limiting standees to 100 a performance to curb 'unruly and offensive' demonstrations by rival claques; R Bing comments
1954Timur Apakidze, Russian general and pilot (died 2001)[†]
Temur Avtandilis Dze Apakidze was a Russian major general of Georgian ethnicity, fighter pilot, flight specialist and founder of the modern Russian Naval Aviation and Hero of the Russian Federation.
1954François Fillon, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France[†]
François Charles Amand Fillon is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of The Republicans, the country's largest centre-right political party, for the 2017 presidential election in which he ranked third in the first round of voting.
1954Peter Jacobsen, American golfer and sportscaster[†]
Peter Erling Jacobsen is an American professional golfer and commentator on Golf Channel and NBC. He has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors.
1954Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian[†]
Catherine Anne O'Hara is a Canadian and American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She started her career in sketch and improvisational comedy in film and television before expanding her career taking dramatic roles. She has received several accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
1954Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian poet and author (died 2017)[†]
Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaya was a Russian Soviet dissident, poet and writer.
1954Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (born 1898)[†]
Reginald Moxon Armitage known professionally as Noel Gay. was a British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows. Sheridan Morley has commented that he was "the closest Britain ever came to a local Irving Berlin". He is best known for the musical, Me and My Girl.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]