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The luxury apartment market in Manhattan has returned to normal.
PROVIDENCE, Oct. 13--After trailing by 7 points in the opening period, Dartmouth came back to beat Brown this afternoon by 14--7.
Prime Min Eden scoffs at 'misleading' comments about colonialism in connection with Suez, s, Wales; ref seen to Dulles
Building ventures on Long Island and in Westchester County demonstrate that one of the greatest assets a home builder can have is a clear understanding of how to meet the demands of his market.
With the postwar world still harassed by inflation, the compensations that flow to the parties of the production process-- wages to labor and dividends and interest to capital--are tending more and more to borrow from each other's book.
1956Chris Bangle, American automotive designer[†]
Christopher Edward Bangle is an American automobile designer. Bangle is known best for his work as Chief of Design for BMW Group, where he was responsible for the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce motor cars.
1956Ümit Besen, Turkish singer-songwriter[†]
Ümit Besen is a Turkish musical artist. He started his professional career by playing keyboards and singing with his band at the local clubs in Adana, Southern Turkey. While he was in the army for his compulsory military service, a brigadier-general liked his style and appointed him to sing at the officers' mess.
1956Beth Daniel, American golfer[†]
Beth Daniel is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
1956Jennell Jaquays, American game designer (died 2024)[†]
Jennell Allyn Jaquays was an American game designer, video game artist, and illustrator of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). Her notable works include the Dungeons & Dragons modules Dark Tower and Caverns of Thracia for Judges Guild; the development and design of conversions on games such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong for Coleco's home arcade video game system; and more recent design work, including the Age of Empires series, Quake II, and Quake III Arena. One of her best known works as a fantasy artist is the cover illustration for TSR's Dragon Mountain adventure.
1956Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).[†]
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism, converted to Buddhism and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]