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February 13, 1955

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Headlines from February 13, 1955

U.S. JOINS BRITAIN IN BARRING PARLEY EXCLUDING CHIANG; U.S. BACKS BRITAIN ON PARLEY TERMS London Backed on Rebuffing Soviet Plan for Far East Talks Without Formosa PROPAGANDA DEVICE SEEN Moscow Broadcast on Offer Viewed as Effort to Play Up Advocacy of Asian Peace

By Elie Abelspecial To the New York Times

US backs GB in rejecting USSR proposal for internatl conf excluding Nationalists; Brit rejection revealed after Moscow radio broadcast of USSR proposal made Feb 4; broadcast seen propaganda move; US and GB still divided on immediate future of coastal islands; speculation on Security Council strategy; Chou reptdly replied to Hammarskjold that he favored easing tension and maintaining contact created by latter's visit to Peiping; Brit rejection of USSR proposal also urged UN role

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Notable Births

1955Joe Birkett, American lawyer, judge, and politician[†]

Joseph E. Birkett is an appellate court judge on the Illinois Appellate Court – Second District. He was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in December 2010, and was subsequently elected to a full term in November 2012. His current term runs through December 2032. Prior to being elevated to the bench, Justice Birkett was the State's Attorney of DuPage County, an office he had held since 1996.

Historical Events

Israel

1955Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.[†]

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It occupies the Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is its largest urban area and economic centre.

Sabena Flight 503

1955Twenty-nine people are killed when Sabena Flight 503 crashes into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy.[†]

The crash of Sabena Flight 503 was an accident involving a Douglas DC-6 of the Belgian airline company Sabena which crashed into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy, 100 km north east of Rome on 13 February 1955, killing all 29 people on board.

Historical Context for February 13, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]