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September 25, 1954

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Headlines from September 25, 1954

France to Seek U. S. Funds For Her Troops in Vietnam; U. S. URGED TO AID ARMY IN VIETNAM

By Walter H. Waggonerspecial To the New York Times

France plans appeal to US for funds to help maintain her forces in S Vietnam; Min Faire, Ely, Min La Chambre and Amb Bonnet to represent France at talks, Washington; Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian reprs to attend 1st session; Adm Carney to represent US Joint Cs/S; US seen critical; French policies outside Indochina seen factor

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Notable Births

Sylvester Croom

1954Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach[†]

Sylvester Croom Jr. is an American former football player and coach. He was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2004 to 2008, and the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference. His father, Sylvester Croom Sr., was himself an All-American football player at Alabama A&M, later the team chaplain at the University of Alabama, and has been recognized by that school as one of the state's 40 pioneers of civil rights. After his time at Mississippi State, Croom Jr. served as running backs coach for three teams in the National Football League (NFL).

Joep Lange

1954Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (died 2014)[†]

Joseph Marie Albert "Joep" Lange was a Dutch clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy. He served as the president of the International AIDS Society from 2002 to 2004. He was a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down on 17 July 2014 over Ukraine.

Juande Ramos

1954Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager[†]

Juan de la Cruz "Juande" Ramos Cano is a former Spanish footballer and manager.

Historical Context for September 25, 1954

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