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Chinese Communist newspapers, Hong Kong, for 1st time print picture of Eisenhower as Pres
STRATFORD, Conn. COMPARE the current production of "The Tempest" with the initial production of "Julius Caesar" and there is hope. The American Shakespeare Festival, which has set up housekeeping in the inviting new theatre on the Housatonic, is beginning to get settled in.
French Assembly Defense Com chmn Montel says France should shift all its forces in Eur to Africa if needed to keep order there, s, Assembly; bases move on fact that defense of Africa is essential to free world; statement amplifies July 23 proposal to redefine French mission in NATO; backed by Min Koenig; NATO reaction
A VACATION spent in close quarters with a couple of live-wire sons is an experience hardly calculated to send a film reviewer back to his job with a thoroughly relaxed disposition toward the quaint eccentricities of boys.
1955Wayne Knight, American actor, comedian and voice actor[†]
Wayne Elliot Knight is an American actor. In television, he played recurring roles such as Newman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001). Knight also voiced Igor on Toonsylvania (1998–1999), Mr. Blik on Catscratch (2005–2007) and Baron Von Sheldgoose on Legend of the Three Caballeros (2018).
1955Greg Nickels, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Seattle[†]
Gregory James Nickels is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington. He took office on January 1, 2002, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009, Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor, failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election, and losing his bid for a third term as mayor. He left office on January 1, 2010.
1955Vladimir Sorokin, Russian author and playwright[†]
Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin is a postmodern Russian writer of novels, short stories, and plays.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]