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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan. 10--The General Assembly voted today to establish a fivenation committee to watch the situation in Hungary.
Traffic Commissioner T.T. Wiley's plan for extending oneway traffic operation in midtown sections of Broadway, Seventh Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas was unanimously approved yesterday by the Board of Estimate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10-- Dean Acheson took a critical look today at the Administration's new Middle East proposal and pronounced it vague, meaningless, hackneyed and dangerous.
WARSAW, Jan. 10--Premier Chou En-lai of Communist China is scheduled to arrive tomorrow from Moscow.
The Port of New York Authority allotted $13,000,000 yesterday to start construction of the often-delayed $600,000,000 arterial highway relief program.
1957Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)[â ]
Darryl R. Dawkins was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was particularly known for his tenure with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he also played briefly for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz late in his career. His nickname, "Chocolate Thunder", was bestowed upon him by Stevie Wonder. He was known for his powerful dunks, which led to the NBA adopting breakaway rims due to him shattering a backboard on two occasions in 1979.
1957Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach[â ]
Peter Moore is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
1957Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager[â ]
Bryan Robson is an English football manager and former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972, where he amassed over 200 appearances and was club captain, before moving to Manchester United in 1981, where he became the longest-serving captain in the club's history. He won two Premier Leagues, three FA Cups, one Football League Cup, two FA Charity Shields and a European Cup Winners' Cup during his time there. Nicknamed "Captain Marvel", Robson was voted in August 2011 as the greatest ever Manchester United player in a poll of the club's former players as part of a book, 19, released to celebrate the club's record-breaking 19th league title.
1957Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (born 1867)[â ]
Sir Robert Randolph Garran was an Australian lawyer who became "Australia's first public servant" â the first federal government employee after the federation of the Australian colonies. He served as the departmental secretary of the Attorney-General's Department from 1901 to 1932, and after 1916 also held the position of Solicitor-General of Australia.
1957The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.[â ]
African Convention was a political party in French West Africa, originally formed at a meeting in Dakar on 11 January 1957. The CA consisted of the Senegalese Popular Bloc (BPS) of LĂ©opold SĂ©dar Senghor, the African Popular Movement of Nazi Boni in Upper Volta, and the Nigerien Democratic Front (FDN) of Zodi Ikhia in Niger.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[â ]