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shift in Brit-French stand on withdrawing troops from Egypt linked to growing oil shortage and US aid delay
$120,000, 20-block pilot rehabilitation research project set; State Rent Admr Weaver stresses area problem is conservation despite classification by City Planning Comm as deteriorating area; Comm findings noted; HHFA and Temporary State Housing Rent Comm to provide funds; map
60 refugees arrive, McGuire Base
Named Amb to Italy; official announcement not yet made; he and White House silent; Italy accepts nomination; he resigns as Crown Zellerbach Paper Mfg Corp pres, becomes bd chmn
Poland fails to vote with USSR in UN for 1st time by abstaining on India-Ceylon-Indonesia resolution urging Hungary to admit UN observers; USSR voted against it; Peiping radio revs Moscow pact; sees talks as inspiration to other sociatist countries, proving USSR policy is one of equality and friendship, not conquest
1956Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player[†]
Lawrence Henry Gowan is a Scottish born Canadian singer and keyboardist. Gowan is a solo artist and has also been vocalist and keyboardist of the band Styx since May 1999. His musical style is usually classified in the categories of pop and progressive rock.
1956Richard Kind, American actor[†]
Richard Bruce Kind is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Carol & Company (1990–1991), Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You, Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996–2002), Andy in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002–2021), Captain Stan Yenko in East New York (2022–2023), and Vince Fish in Only Murders in the Building (2024). He appeared in the films Johns (1996), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006), Big Stan (2007), A Serious Man (2009), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014), All We Had (2016), Rifkin's Festival (2020), Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021), and The Out-Laws (2023). Kind is currently the announcer and sidekick on the Netflix live talk show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney.
1956Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (born 1882)[†]
Theodore Kosloff was a Russian-born ballet dancer, choreographer, and film and stage actor. He was occasionally credited as Theodor Kosloff.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]