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In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]
1956Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Christopher John Foreman, nicknamed Chrissy Boy, is an English musician, songwriter, and composer. In a career spanning 45 years, Foreman came to prominence in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the English band Madness.
1956David Grant, English singer[†]
David Beresford Grant is an English singer and vocal coach.
1956Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress[†]
Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin, known professionally as Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress. She is the winner of two Goya Awards and a European Film Award. She is known for being an "Almodóvar girl" and the "muse" of Fito Páez during the 1990s.
1956Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, were killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history.[†]
The Marcinelle mining disaster occurred at the Bois du Cazier coal mine at Marcinelle, Hainaut Province, in Belgium on 8 August 1956. One of the largest and most notorious mining disasters in the country's history, it led to the deaths of 262 miners, many of whom were guest workers from Italy.
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Nasser may raise issue before UN
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CAIRO, Aug. 7--Egypt eagerly accepted tonight an Indonesian invitation to join the Colombo powers in talks on the Suez Canal crisis.
Subsec Acosta repts Prov of Manabi revolts; says Govt controls rest of nation; map; Portoviejo garrison names its comdr, Lt Col Davila, as Prov chief; Mayor Polit Ortiz, reptd held; Army repts garrison surrounded, demands surrender; rebel radio says Govt planes strafed Portoviejo, other cities; Govt sends naval units to Manta; Quito quiet; Velasco Ibarra minimizes revolt, denies it spreads; lays it to few high-ranking officers led by Dr Huerta and J M Plaza; Natl Dem Front dir Ramos reptd held, Quito; Govt censors news repts
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T Williams fined $5,000 by club for spitting at fans and newsmen; Williams, mgr Cronin comment; Williams reptdly does not regret act; recent similar incidents recalled; League pres Harridge sees incident club affair
Dem attack on Adm policy in election seen; speakers at Platform Com score Adm; Repr Dodd gives Com manifesto from 91 Dem Congressmen charging Adm aids drift to war, urging platform back UN leadership and '50 Western Big-3 declaration, give security pacts to states concerned, and sell defensive arms to Israel
s, Ancient Order of Hibernians, NYC, on Adm foreign policy
Eisenhower charges USSR breaks Geneva heads-of-govt conf pledge to work for reunification through free elections, lr to Bulganin
7 mil trucks loaded with dynamite and gasoline explode, downtown Cali; map; 8 city blocks razed; damage put in tens of millions of dollars; Rojas Pinilla puts casualties at over 1,000; blames pol sabotage; vows punishment of culprits; Brig Gen Gomez Arenas, Cali mil comdr, uncertain on cause of blast; does not rule out sabotage; some see 850 dead, over 2,000 hurt; bldgs destroyed include ry terminal, local agencies of US cos; blast causes damage in 3-mi radius
TAC may place overseas units on 3-mo rotation basis to meet pressure for manpower cuts and greater econ; move would eliminate need for dependents to accompany personnel, allow return of dependents now overseas, permit major maintenance to be done in US