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Soc Security Adm legal referee Hoegen rules Communist party employes eligible for benefits; rejects contention that they are USSR employes in legal sense
s, Corn Belt Farm Family Field Day, Eldora, Iowa
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Bundestag votes 30% cut in tariffs on most imports; backed by Min Erhard
Min Lo Jui-ching, Procurator Gen Chang Ting-cheng admit some unjust arrests and sentencing of counter-revolutionaries; note mistakes are being corrected; rept 'unbridled sabotage' in '54 and '55, stating some counter-revolutionaries not yet brought to justice; rept 'greater security' in '56 despite higher influx of Nationalist 'spies,'
1956Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator[†]
Daniel Joshua Drucker is a Canadian endocrinologist renowned for his breakthrough discoveries of the biological actions of glucagon-like peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2, including GLP-1's key role in stimulating glucose-dependent insulin secretion, reducing food intake, protecting the heart, and reducing systemic inflammation. His scientific research has been a driving force in GLP-1's journey from a newly discovered peptide sequence to the mechanism behind globally used and life-changing therapeutics for type 2 diabetes and obesity. It has also driven transformative new therapeutics for intestinal failure and other metabolic disorders. A Fellow of the Royal Society, and laureate of the 2023 Wolf Prize in Medicine, he is a University Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Senior Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto.
1956Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster[†]
Leroy Anthony Hill Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), playing 10 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Stanford University.
1956Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer[†]
Randall Darius Jackson is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013.
1956Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (born 1875)[†]
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière, born Reinhold Ernest Glier, was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of USSR (1938).
1956The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.[†]
The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate. The National Assembly's legislators are known as députés or deputies.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]