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Fed Appeals Ct reverses NLRB ruling that TWUA failed to bargain in good faith by engaging in slowdowns, partial strikes
mood held stale and wrangling in contrast to heads of govt conf; mins welcomed by UN repr A Pelt; get Swiss Pres Petitpierre message
Assembly com, 53-0, approves Western resolution on Agency creation; USSR bloc votes for it despite com rejection of USSR amendments; 6 Arab states abstain because Israel is sponsor; Menon does not press vote on his resolutions after Dixon, others assure him members cod will approve find statute draft; USSR amendments would have permitted Communist China role
hon, Portuguese Embassy; Princess Margaret and Abp of Canterbury attend
Says US wants atomic energy used for benefit of all mankind, message to NICB
1955Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft[†]
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following the company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO), Gates became a billionaire in 1987—then the youngest ever, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. He became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed $100 billion. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, his net worth stood at US$115.1 billion, making him the thirteenth-richest individual in the world.
1955Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman[†]
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive who was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]