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In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]
1956Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer[†]
Sarah Frances Beamish is a British composer and violist. Her works include chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in the field of music, theatre, film and television, as well as composing for children and for her local community.
1956Brett Cullen, American actor[†]
Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dan Fixx in Falcon Crest (1986–1988), Sam Cain in The Young Riders (1989–1990), Governor Ray Sullivan in The West Wing (2005–2006), Goodwin Stanhope in Lost (2005–2008), Mark Keeler in Make It or Break It (2009–2012), Nathan Ingram in Person of Interest, and Michael Stappord in Devious Maids (2013–2015).
1956Mark Mangino, American football player and coach[†]
Mark Thomas Mangino is a former American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 2002 to 2009. In 2007, Mangino received several national coach of the year honors after leading the Jayhawks to their only 12-win season in school history and an Orange Bowl victory. However, he resigned as coach at Kansas two seasons later following allegations of mistreatment of players. While at Kansas, Mangino coached in four bowl games with a 3–1 record, the lone loss coming in the 2003 Tangerine Bowl. Additionally, in five of his eight seasons at Kansas, the Jayhawks were Bowl eligible; they had been bowl eligible only five times in the previous thirty seasons. He held multiple assistant coaching jobs before becoming the head coach at Kansas, the longest being an eight season stint at Kansas State as their running game coordinator.
1956Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (born 1881)[†]
Alfred Wagenknecht was an American Marxist activist and political functionary. He is best remembered for having played a critical role in the establishment of the American Communist Party in 1919 as a leader of the Left Wing Section of the Socialist Party. Wagenknecht served as executive secretary of the Communist Labor Party of America and the United Communist Party of America in 1919 and 1920, respectively.
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over 100,000 non-whites, including 22,000 Indians, in 6 Johannesburg areas ordered to leave homes and sell businesses and property by Aug '57; those in 2 other areas must vacate by Aug '58
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 25--If the Saratoga Handicap were run once a month instead of once a year, Conn McCreary would be the richest jockey in the land. The mighty little man rode his sixth winner of the Saratoga track's biggest added-money race today.
trade rise seen making Egypt vulnerable to Communist pressure; comment; illus; chart on world and bloc trade, '38 to 1st qr, '56
Add Hanover, Yonkers Futurity Trot
Phill Rizzuto's long and brilliant career with the Yankees came to a close yesterday. The 38-year-old shortstop received his unconditional release, presumably to devote full time to radio and television broadcasting.
HERE is a situation that amounts to a funny paradox: When "Gone With the Wind" was published as a novel and later made into a film it was often and reasonably described as "the American 'War and Peace,'" the reference being, of course, to Leo Tolstoy's classic novel of Czarist Russia ...
Monmouth and Middlesex Counties farmers selling land at high prices to home bldrs; map
natl pol convs, popularity of portables and coming baseball World Series seen ending TV set sales slump; recent upturn reptd; J A Secrest revs slump; he, co reprs optimistic; yr's casualties among distributing cos noted
returns, Washington, from conf after delay caused by plane engine failure
CINCINNATI, Aug. 25-- Streaks were shattered right and left today as the Redlegs, behind the five-hit pitching of Hal Jeffcoat, beat the Dodgers, 5--2, at Crosley Field in the final game of the three-game set.