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Three out of four of New York's commuters failed to make it to their offices yesterday. Those who tried and did were up to two hours late as the storm disrupted suburban trains and bus schedules.
LONDON, March 19--The five-nation United Nations disarmament subcommittee resumed today its cautious search for a sound world disarmament plan.
VASILIA, Cyprus, March 19-- A Greek Cypriote mob invaded the Turkish quarter of this village today, wounding seventeen Turkish Cypriotes in a communal clash.
TOKYO, March 19--Secretary of State Dulles ended a ten-nation Asian tour today apparently reassured of the basic soundness of United States policies in this part of the world.
Malenkov tells Brit Labor party leaders that collective leadership is firmly estab and 1-man rule cannot be renewed, dinner, London; makes clear he agrees with Khrushchev criticism of Stalin; repts demonstrations, not riots, in Georgia; various Labor leaders comment
1956Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission[†]
Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014.
1956Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician[†]
Anne de la Blanchetai Donahue is an American politician from the state of Vermont. She has served as a Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives since 2003, representing the Washington-1 district, which includes the Washington County towns of Berlin and Northfield. Donohue represented Washington-2 until 2013, when she was redistricted. She is also editor of Counterpoint, a quarterly mental health publication distributed for free throughout Vermont.
1956Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director[†]
Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. Jackson in the dubbed version of the Avengers, as Nicholas "Nick" Fury.
1956Tunisia gains independence from France.[†]
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, souks, and blue coasts, it covers 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi), and has a population of 12.1 million. It contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert; much of its remaining territory is arable land. Its 1,300 km (810 mi) of coastline includes the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela. Located on the northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital and largest city of the country, which is itself named after Tunis. The official language of Tunisia is Modern Standard Arabic. The vast majority of Tunisia's population is Arab and Muslim. Vernacular Tunisian Arabic is the most spoken and French serves as an administrative and educational language in some contexts, but it has no official status.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]