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New ed of Debrett's Peerage shows number of peerages up 214 since '06; shows 566 new titles, 352 extinct; ed Hankinson urges women get some heraldic equality with men; some queries put to him noted
Self-govt talks collapse, London; Marshall rejects Brit control over internal security; Sec Lennox-Boyd rejects Marshall compromise proposals; Marshall scores outcome; sees it victory for communism; says he will resign; Lennox-Boyd defends Brit position; holds offer would have benefited Singapore; map
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Sec Wilson, commenting on USAF-Army dispute over use of Talos or Nike to defend bases, says he has not appraised weapons but expects to
1956Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor (died 2025)[†]
Loretta Maxine Schrijver was a Dutch television presenter.
1956H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (born 1876)[†]
Harry Burnett Reese was an American inventor and businessman known for creating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company. In 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]