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August 27, 1954

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Headlines from August 27, 1954

EIGHT-POWER TALK ON GERMANY ASKED IF E.D.C. COLLAPSES; Some Signatories Suggest Parley of European Nations Plus U. S. and Britain SPEED CALLED ESSENTIAL Rise of Neutralism in Bonn Feared -- Washington Said to Be Favorable to Plan EIGHT-POWER TALK ON GERMANY ASKED

By Dana Adams Schmidtspecial To the New York Times

EDC nations, US and GB plan conf to study alternatives if France rejects EDC; US reptdly backs integrating Ger into Western defense; need for speed discussed

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Notable Births

John Lloyd (tennis)

1954John Lloyd, English tennis player and sportscaster[†]

John Lloyd is a British former professional tennis player. Lloyd reached an ATP world ranking of 23 in July 1978, and was ranked as UK number 1 in 1984 and 1985. He now works as a tennis commentator.

Rajesh Thakker

1954Rajesh Thakker, English physician and academic[†]

Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker is May Professor of Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. Thakker is also a Consultant physician at the Churchill Hospital and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Principal investigator (PI) at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) and was Chairman of the NIHR/MRC Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Board until Spring 2016.

Derek Warwick

1954Derek Warwick, English race car driver[†]

Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1981 and 1993. In endurance racing, Warwick won the World Sportscar Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans, both in 1992 with Peugeot.

Historical Context for August 27, 1954

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