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CINCINNATI, Sept. 15 -- Adlai E. Stevenson declared tonight that Democratic gains in Tuesday's Maine election confirmed his feeling that "our people are tired of this unending diet of equal portions of niceness, non-sense and nastiness" served up by the Republicans.
Gen Bd meets; adopts declaration of Christian principles
Dulles reiterates US will strike back at Communist aggression 'by means and at places' of own choosing
Mayor Wagner chosen conv keynoter, P E Fitzpatrick permanent chmn
Nixon warns that Dem Cong election victory would torpedo Eisenhower program, s, Columbus; charges Dems clutch at Eisenhower coattails
1954Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer[†]
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay is a Bengali Hindustani classical sitar player. He is primarily a disciple of Radhika Mohan Maitra and Bimalendu Mukherjee. His performance is a unique synthesis of Senia-Shahjehanpur, Rampur-Senia and Etawah gharana.
1954William McKeen, American author and academic[†]
William McKeen is an American author and educator. He is professor and former chairman of the Department of Journalism at Boston University.
1954Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer[†]
Colin John Newman is an English musician, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as the primary vocalist and songwriter for the post-punk band Wire.
1954Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)[†]
Frank Kevin "Tchallah" Reed was an American singer-songwriter. Reed was best known as the first replacement lead singer for the American vocal group The Chi-Lites. He replaced original lead singer and songwriter Eugene Record in 1988 after The Chi-Lites heyday.
1954Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer[†]
Roger Douglas Woolley is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1983 and 1984. He was a middle-order batsman, and later a wicket-keeper. He was a member of the Tasmanian side that won their first domestic title in the 1978/79 Gillette Cup.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]