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inaugural SAS DC-6B Los Angeles-Copenhagen flight begins; another DC-6B will leave Copenhagen; line plans 4 trips wkly at saving of 3-4 hrs; Scandinavian Premiers, other notables on 1st flight
Communist torpedo boats sink 1,800-ton Nationalist destroyer escort Taiping (formerly USS Decker) 10 mi N of Tachens; 29 of 150 crewmen lost; ship is largest sunk so far; action marks 1st appearance of Communist PT boats; maps; illus
marks birthday; hailed by 60,000 school children, New Delhi
Gerosa rept to Estimate Bd and City Council warns '55 budget and '56-60 program totaling $2.2 billion may bring outstanding debt to $4.25 billion; says debt rise may affect securities interest rates
Councilman Sharkey to offer Wagner's plan to end divided authority between Comr and boro supts; would shift housing maintenance responsibility to Deputy Comr of Bldgs, Boro supts responsibilities to Comr
1954Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer[â ]
Kevin S. Bright is an American television executive producer and director. He is best known as the showrunner of the sitcoms Dream On and Friends.
1954Emma Dent Coad, British politician[â ]
Emma Dent Coad is a British architectural historian and politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kensington from 2017 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, she has been a member of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council for Golborne since 2006. She resigned her Labour membership on 27 April 2023, but remains on the local council as an independent.
1954Aleksander KwaĆniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland[â ]
Aleksander KwaĆniewski is a Polish politician and journalist who served as the third president of Poland from 1995 to 2005.
1954Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[â ]
Randy Thomas is an American Christian rock musician best known for being a member of the Sweet Comfort Band and Allies and co-writing "Butterfly Kisses".
1954Tony Thompson, American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (died 2003)[â ]
Anthony Theodore Thompson was an American session drummer best known as the drummer of the Power Station and a member of Chic.
1954Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1878)[â ]
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[â ]