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May 16, 1954

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Headlines from May 16, 1954

PARIS SENDS HEAD OF ARMY TO STUDY INDO-CHINA CRISIS; General Ely's Report Will Be Basis for New Talks With Washington on Help U. S. SCANS INTERVENTION Top-Level Officials Reweigh Possibilities in Light of Latest Developments French Generals Going to Indo-China PARIS SENDS HEAD OF FORCES TO ASIA

By Lansing Warrenspecial To the New York Times

French Defense Council instructs Gens Ely and Salan to rev situation with Navarre; Ely rept to serve as basis for new talks with US on revised aid program; Amb Dillon confs with Laniel; French concede Navarre plan cannot be resumed now; Dulles confs with Eisenhower; State Dept officials cite conditions providing suitable basis for US intervention; Ely, Salon illus

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Notable Births

Dafydd Williams

1954Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut[†]

Dafydd "David" Rhys Williams is a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks. These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes.

Notable Deaths

Clemens Krauss

1954Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1893)[†]

Clemens Heinrich Krauss was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Richard Wagner. He founded the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and conducted it until 1954.

Historical Events

Kengir uprising

1954Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag.[†]

The Kengir uprising was a prisoner rebellion that occurred in Kengir (Steplag), a Soviet MVD special camp for political prisoners, during May and June 1954. Its duration and intensity distinguished it from other Gulag rebellions during the same period, such as the Vorkuta uprising and Norilsk uprising.

Historical Context for May 16, 1954

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