King Commander Wins Saratoga Steeplechase; COURSE MARK SET BY 2-TO-1 CHANCE Going 2 1/2 Miles in 5:00 2/5, King Commander Triumphs Easily Over Shipboard
Date: 27 August 1954
By JAMES ROACHSpecial to The New York Times
Steve Wright (DJ) Birthday, Date of Birth
Stephen Richard Wright (26 August 1954 – 12 February 2024) was an English disc jockey, radio personality, and occasional television presenter, credited with introducing the morning zoo format to British radio with a humorous collection of personalities. He presented Steve Wright in the Afternoon for 12 years on BBC Radio 1 and 23 years on BBC Radio 2, two of the BBC's national radio stations. He continued to present his Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2 until his death and, in October 2023, he took over as the host of the long-running Pick of the Pops chart show. On BBC Television, Wright hosted Home Truths, Steve Wright's People Show, Auntie's TV Favourites, Top of the Pops and TOTP2.
Wright won Best DJ of the Year, as voted by the Daily Mirror Readers Poll and by Smash Hits in 1994. In 1998, he was awarded TRIC Personality of the Year for his radio programmes. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to radio. He was described by Paul Gambaccini as being "among the all-time greats of radio".
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- Thursday, August 26, 1954
- Place of Birth
- Greenwich
- Age
- 71
- Star Sign
- ♍
The August 26, 1954 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 237 day of the year. President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
If you were born on this day, you are 71 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 273 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, in 91 days. You have lived for 26,206 days, or about 628,947 hours, or about 37,736,856 minutes, or about 2,264,211,360 seconds.
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26th of August 1954 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 26, 1954
CANADA REPORTS HELP RYE MOVE UP; Grain Acts Independently of Wheat, Rises 3 1/2 c-5 1/4 c --Soybeans Gain 3c-9c
Date: 27 August 1954
Special to The New York Times
NEWS OF INTEREST IN SHIPPING WORLD; $25 Cargo Rate On Express Liners Defeated -- Port Work in Buenos Aires Urged
Date: 27 August 1954
N Atlantic UK Freight Conf drops proposed $25-a-ton rate on cargoes carried by express liners America, United States, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary; yields to shippers opposition
AVERY FOE SEEKING CONTROL OF WARD; Louis E. Wolfson Opens Fight for Country's 2d Largest Mail-Order Concern AVERY FOE SEEKS WARD'S CONTROL
Date: 27 August 1954
By THOMAS P. SWIFT
Thomas SWIFT
Wolfson opens fight against S Avery for control; says his group is largest single stockholders unit; scores mgt; cites sales drop since '50
THAILAND FAVORS A 'NATO' FOR ASIA; Foreign Minister Wan Says His Nation Will Send 9-Man Delegation to Manila Talks
Date: 27 August 1954
Special to The New York Times
Min Wan Waithayakon says Thailand favors orgn patterned on NATO: heads 9-man delegation