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March 23, 1956

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Headlines from March 23, 1956

U.S. ASKS SOVIET TO JOIN IN CUTTING FORCES AND ARMS; Maximum of 2,500,000 Men Each Proposed at Parley of U.N. Unit in London DROP IN SPENDING URGED Nutting and Moch Answer Questions Put by Gromyko on British-French Plan More Headway Wanted U.S. ASKS SOVIET JOIN IN ARMS CUT Joint Plan Outlined

By Benjamin Welles Special To the New York Times

LONDON, March 22--The United States offered today to cut its armed forces to a maximum of 2,500,000 men and to scale down its conventional arms and military expenditures proportionately if the Soviet Union would do the same.

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Notable Births

José Manuel Barroso

1956José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal[†]

José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He previously served from 2002 to 2004 as the 114th prime minister of Portugal and from 2004–2014 as the 11th president of the European Commission.

Historical Events

Pakistan

1956Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.[†]

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor.

Historical Context for March 23, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]