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A 61,000-square-foot site on Los Angeles' Wilshire Boulevard has been acquired by the Tishman Realty and Construction Company, Inc., for the erection of the company's seventh office building in that city.
The assemblage of a site to provide parking space in one of the most congested areas of Brooklyn Heights has won the annual award of the Brooklyn Real Estate Board for the "most ingenious" realty transaction in the borough during the past year.
TORONTO, Jan. 14--The New York Rangers skated to a tingling 6-5 victory over Toronto tonight, but they almost lost a 4-goal lead when the Maple Leafs scored three times in 52 seconds in the final period.
ARCADIA, Calif., Jan. 14-- Beau Busher, who had failed to win since last spring, scored a wire-to-wire victory today in the $28,950 San Fernando Stakes at Santa Anita Park. He pulled away from the favored Traffic Judge in the stretch.
Stock prices marched down the hill last week then started up again. Wall Street, however, was almost as disappointed in the character of the leadership on the recovery as it had been in the downtrend in the initial sessions.
1956Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect[†]
Vitaly Konstantinovich Kaloyev is a Russian former architect and convicted murderer who was found guilty of the premeditated killing of an air traffic controller after his family died aboard BAL Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, which collided with DHL International Aviation ME Flight 611 over Überlingen, Germany, on 1 July 2002.
1956Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh[†]
The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is the head of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
1956Marc Trestman, American football player and coach[†]
Marc Marlyn Trestman is an American professional football coach. He led the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010, and another as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in 2017. He was also named CFL Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2017. He has also coached in the National Football League (NFL).
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]