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Stark lauded by Waterfront Comm for aid to NYC port clean-up drive
US asks UN Security Council to act on incident, 1st move of kind; Amb Lodge comments; speculation
480 killed in accidents, 334 in traffic, 79 by drowning; traffic toll lightest in 6 yrs; NYC traffic eases
Min Sandys repts English Elec jet P-1 hit supersonic speed 'by mistake' in recent test; says plane was buffeted so little that pilot did not notice he crashed sound barrier
Gerosa buys $36,500 par value of 7% bonds of former towns of West Farms and Morrisania; bonds issued before 1874, when NYC annexed towns, financed rd linking towns with NYC; NYC took over towns' debts at annexation; $123,500 par value of bonds still outstanding; cannot be called before maturity in 1980 and 2147 respectively; bonds now bought to be put in sinking funds for redemption of funded debt; Gerosa to ask Legis permit to retire bonds in NYC possession
1954Corbin Bernsen, American actor[†]
Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and film director. He appeared as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, as Dr. Alan Feinstone in The Dentist, as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych, and as Roger Dorn in the films Major League, Major League II, and Major League: Back to the Minors. He also appeared regularly on The Resident, The Curse, General Hospital, and Cuts, and has had intermittent appearances on The Young and the Restless.
1954Michael Emerson, American actor[†]
Michael Emerson is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost (2006–2010) and as Harold Finch in the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016). Other prominent roles include Zep Hindle in the horror film Saw (2004) and as Dr. Leland Townsend in the Paramount+ thriller series Evil (2019–2024).
1954Kerrie Holley, American software architect and academic[†]
Kerrie Lamont Holley is an American software engineer, author, and technology executive who is known for his pioneering work in service-oriented architecture (SOA) and his contributions to IBM's software development methodologies
1954Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (born 1885)[†]
Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher was an American cartoonist who created Mutt and Jeff, the first successful daily comic strip in the United States.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]