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November 13, 1956

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TROOPS SET TO GO; Token Force May Fly From Naples Tonight or Early Tomorrow

By Kathleen Teltsch Special To the New York Times

Hammarskjold announces Egypt agrees to UN force entry to police Suez and Sinai battle areas, news conf; says token force will fly from Naples soon; will go to Middle East to make final arrangements; hopes to accompany 1st units; will meet Burns in Rome, conf with Egyptians on certain 'questions' put by Egyptian delegation in UN; denies trip is to 'iron out difficulties' with Egypt; talks by phone with Fawzi; Egyptian news agency announces program regarding UN force seemingly in conflict with Hammarskjold announcement; Hammarskjold pub lr to Meir urging Israel to state 'without delay' terms for withdrawing its forces; silent on Israel's refusal to withdraw from Gaza Strip

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Notable Births

Rex Linn

1956Rex Linn, American actor[†]

Rex Maynard Linn is an American actor. He is best known domestically for playing the role of Sgt. Frank Tripp in the CBS drama CSI: Miami and more recently for playing Kevin Wachtell in the television series Better Call Saul. Internationally he is best known for playing Richard Travers in the 1993 action thriller film Cliffhanger.

Aldo Nova

1956Aldo Nova, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician[†]

Aldo Nova is the stage name of Aldo Caporuscio, a Canadian hard rock musician and music producer. He is a guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. He gained recognition with his 1982 debut album Aldo Nova, which peaked at Billboard's number 8 position, and its accompanying single, "Fantasy", which reached number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and boosted sales for its parent album. In 1997, he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as co-producer of Celine Dion's 1996 album Falling into You. He co-wrote four songs on the 2000 album Uno by La Ley, which won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.

Historical Events

Supreme Court of the United States

1956The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.[†]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party." In 1803, the Court asserted itself the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution via the landmark case Marbury v. Madison. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law.

Historical Context for November 13, 1956

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