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France and US recognize Diem as Chief of State; Diem seen proclaiming S Vietnam a repub; French orgns in Saigon urge rapprochement between French and Vietnamese
House (Holifield) subcom opens hearings on F3H; Rear Adm Russell testifies Navy took calculated risk during Korean War in placing order; says J-40s were not powerful enough for craft; puts cost at $302 million; says 4 have been converted to use J-71s, 26 more can be converted; says remainder will be useful in training mechanics; lays engine failure to change in plane's weight from 29,000 to 39,000 lbs; outlines steps taken to avert recurrence; illus with Asst Sec Fogler; subcom investigator E J Morgan testifies 11 of planes crashed, killing 4 pilots; says Navy had blamed engine for 6 crashes, plane itself for 3; holds cause of remaining 2 crashes unknown; says test pilots had refused further flights unless planes were grounded
Adenauer, Faure exch assurances ties will not be endangered by vote
UN delegation led by W C du Plessis walks out of Assembly Special Pol Com to protest plan to debate apartheid policy; du Plessis says debate conflicts with UN Charter ban on interference with a state's internal affairs; reserves right for his delegation to return and vote on any resolution on issue; com debate delayed because of special comm chmn's late arrival
Govt pork-buying program to benefit 11 million pupils
1955Glynis Barber, South African-English actress[†]
Glynis Barber is a South African born British actress. She is known for her portrayals of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama Dempsey and Makepeace, Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders, DCI Grace Barraclough in Emmerdale, Norma Crow in Hollyoaks, Fiona Brake in Night and Day, and Soolin in Blake's 7.
1955Robin Eubanks, American trombonist and educator[†]
Robin Eubanks is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks. Younger brother Shane Eubanks, twin to Duane Eubanks, is a DJ. His uncles are jazz pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Tommy Bryant. His mother, Vera Eubanks, was famed pianist Kenny Barron's first piano teacher.
1955Gale Anne Hurd, American producer[†]
Gale Anne Hurd is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertainment, and a former recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America. Her notable works include The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Armageddon (1998), Mankiller (2017) and The Walking Dead (2010–2022).
1955Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter[†]
Matthias Jabs is a German musician, best known as the lead/rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Scorpions. He has played on all but the first five Scorpions studio albums, starting with Lovedrive (1979). He owns a music store, MJ Guitars, in Munich.
1955Leena Lander, Finnish author[†]
Leena Lander is a Finnish author. She grew up in Turku, in a boys' home that her father ran. In 1992, she won the Thanks for the Book Award for Tummien perhosten koti, which was made into a successful Finnish film in 2008. Her work is known for its concern with the treatment of children and tensions involving authority and conscience. She also won the Pro Finlandia medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2000.
1955Lito Lapid, Filipino actor[†]
Manuel "Lito" Mercado Lapid is a Filipino actor, director and politician serving as a Senator since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2016. He started his political career in Pampanga, serving as vice governor from 1992 to 1995, and governor from 1995 to 2004.
1955Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (born 1943)[†]
Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who became a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States. She was two years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years, becoming one of the most widely known hibakusha—a Japanese term meaning "bomb-affected person". She is remembered through the story of the more than one thousand origami cranes she folded before her death. She died at the age of 12 on October 25, 1955, at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]