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MOSCOW, April 8--The Soviet people were told today they must raise agricultural production drastically if they hoped to achieve a better standard of living.
MOSCOW, April 8--Nikita S. Khrushchev, Soviet Communist party chief, and Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin charged tonight they would be prevented from having close contacts with ordinary Britons when they visit Britain later this month.
Sen Ellender says Benson may have to resign if farm bill is approved, TV
Fire inspection teams will swarm through the East Bronx next week and will close buildings in which they find serious fire hazards, Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. said yesterday.
Felt repts plan to rezone SI into several model communities; details
1956Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentinian footballer and coach[†]
Miguel Ángel Russo is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Boca Juniors.
1956Nigel Shadbolt, English computer scientist and academic[†]
Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt is Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. He is chairman of the Open Data Institute which he co-founded with Tim Berners-Lee. He is also a visiting professor in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Shadbolt is an interdisciplinary researcher, policy expert and commentator. His research focuses on understanding how intelligent behaviour is embodied and emerges in humans, machines and, most recently, on the Web, and has made contributions to the fields of psychology, cognitive science, computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence, computer science and the emerging field of web science.
1956Marina Zoueva, Russian ice dancer and coach[†]
Marina Olegovna Zoueva or Zueva is a Russian figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor in ice dancing. Representing the Soviet Union with Andrei Vitman, she placed 5th at the 1977 World Championships and won two medals at Skate Canada International. She has coached a number of skaters to Olympic medals, including Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov, Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, Meryl Davis / Charlie White, and Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani.
1956Nigel Slater, English food writer and author[†]
Nigel Slater is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has written a column for The Observer Magazine for over a decade and is the principal writer for the Observer Food Monthly supplement. Prior to this, Slater was a food writer for Marie Claire for five years.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]