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ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 17 -Nolan Baird, a 6-foot 6-inch player from New York, tapped in the second of two free throws by Ed Robinson with two seconds to play to give Yale an 86-85 basketball victory over Navy before 2,800 in Dahlgren Hall today.
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MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 17 -- Sandor Iharos and Laszlo Tabori, Hungary's two standout distance runners, were beaten in a 5,000-meter race by Dave Stephens of Australia today in a major track upset.
SANFORD, Fla., Dec. 17 -- Ed (Porky) Oliver of Lemont, Ill., and Al Balding, Canadian P. G. A. champion, shattered par today and shared the lead with nineunder-par 201's after three rounds in the $15,000 Sanford open golf tournament.
1955Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician[â ]
Vijay Vittal Mallya is an Indian businessman and a former politician. He is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to bring him back from the UK to face charges of financial crimes in India. His last formal appeal against extradition was rejected in 2020, but as of April 2025 the order had not been enforced; the judge in a case rejecting his appeal against bankruptcy said "apparently Dr Mallya is still resisting extradition on other bases which have yet to be resolved".
1955BogusÅaw MamiÅski, Polish runner[â ]
BogusÅaw MamiÅski is a retired long-distance runner from Poland, known for winning the silver medal in the men's 3,000m Steeplechase event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He did the same one year later at the inaugural World Championships. MamiÅski set his personal best (8:09.18) in the event on 24 August 1984 at a meet in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[â ]