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July 13, 1956

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Headlines from July 13, 1956

SOVIET APPROVES LIMIT WEST ASKS ON ARMED FORCES; But Gromyko Adds Condition on Smaller Nations--Stirs U.N. by Attacking Allies Levels Proposed in London Soviet Agrees to West's Proposal For Limitations on Armed Forces Gromkyo Assails Air Checks Lodge Answers Gromyko

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., July 12--The Soviet Union agreed today to limitations on conventional armed forces proposed by the United States, Britain and France as a first step toward world disarmament.

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Notable Births

Mark Mendoza

1956Mark Mendoza, American bass player and songwriter[†]

Mark "The Animal" Mendoza is an American bassist and a member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He joined the band in 1978 after leaving the Dictators. He briefly played in Blackfoot in 1988 and with Leslie West projects. He is also a co-founder of Area 22 Productions where he hosts his weekly podcast 22 NOW.

Michael Spinks

1956Michael Spinks, American boxer[†]

Michael Spinks is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1988. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed light heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985, and the lineal heavyweight title from 1985 to 1988. As an amateur he won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Historical Events

1956The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.[†]

The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence was a 1956 summer workshop widely considered to be the founding event of artificial intelligence as a field. The workshop has been referred to as "the Constitutional Convention of AI". The project's four organizers, those being Claude Shannon, John McCarthy, Nathaniel Rochester and Marvin Minsky, are considered some of the founding fathers of AI.

Historical Context for July 13, 1956

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