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Govt repts over 19,000 freed from jail as gesture to W Ger; claims 691 Soc Dems amnestied; party central com scores Benjamin and Prosecutor Gen Melsheimer for too-rigid Marxist interpretation of crime as expression of class struggle; W Berlin Free Jurists Orgn belittles gesture
Sen expected to approve most of Dem-sponsored rise; Repubs reptdly seek limit of $500 million; Knowland sees figure more acceptable to Adm; refuses to commit Adm to any rise but says White House recognizes Cong right to exercise judgment on budget; MSP funds seen cut in proportion to rise
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Gruenther visits Eisenhower in hosp, Washington
Earl Attlee lauds Truman 'courageous' action in defense of SK
1956Darryl Brohman, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster[†]
Darryl Gregory Brohman, also known by the nickname of "The Big Marn", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s, now best known as a commentator and media personality. Brohman played professional league for the Penrith Panthers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Queensland rugby league team. At present, he is working for 2GB on its Continuous Call Team broadcasts, on The Footy Show and makes guest appearances on the Australian version of the ESPN show Pardon the Interruption. In the summer, he plays a small role in the nationally syndicated radio program entitled Summer Weekend Detention which broadcasts from the Sydney studios of 2GB on weekends during the summer months.
1956Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist[†]
Alfons ("Fons") De Wolf is a retired Belgian road race cyclist, a professional from 1979 to 1990. He represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
1956Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani agriculturist and politician, 25th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs[†]
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a Parliament of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the vice chairman of the PTI political party since December 2011. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.
1956Tim Russ, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]
Timothy Darrell Russ is an American actor, musician, screenwriter, director and amateur astronomer. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, Robert Johnson in Crossroads (1986), Casey in East of Hope Street (1998), Frank on Samantha Who?, Principal Franklin on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly, and D. C. Montana on The Highwaymen (1987–1988). He appeared in The Rookie: Feds (2022) and reprised his role as Captain Tuvok on Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard.
1956Markus Schatte, German footballer, manager, and coach[†]
Markus Schatte is a German football coach.
1956Derek Forbes, Scottish bass player and guitarist[†]
Derek Forbes is a Scottish musician. He is mostly associated with the Scottish band Simple Minds, having joined in time to record their early demos in 1978 and stayed with the band during their rise to mainstream success and their first six albums, until leaving shortly after their 1985 hit "Don't You ". He has also played with Big Country, Propaganda, Oblivion Dust, Spear of Destiny, 10:51 and The Alarm, as well as leading his own projects.
1956Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer and novelist (born 1873)[†]
Walter John de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fiction, including "Seaton's Aunt", "The Green Room" and "All Hallows". In 1921, his novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]