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heads of 5 NYC munic colls bar Gates from their campuses; Nagler scores move; will call meeting of Forum com to weigh asking Higher Educ Bd for open hearing; confs with ACLU officials; Queens Student Sen, 236, upholds cabinet ruling; invites Queens Amer Legion comdr D J O'Connor to s
US State Dept urges cooperation with UN; appeal to Egypt seen; Macmillan confs with Cabinet
Crosby admits union dues were used to pay bills of Maloney and McLaughlin; denies Morgan charges; holds union gave Gov Holmes $2,000 to help his campaign; Sen Mundt scores Schrunk for balking on text
Bunche confs with Col Gohar
approved, Sen com
1957John Hoeven, American banker and politician, 31st Governor of North Dakota[†]
John Henry Hoeven III is an American banker and politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Hoeven served as the 31st governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010.
1957Moses Hogan, American composer and conductor (died 2003)[†]
Moses George Hogan was an American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his settings of spirituals. Hogan was a pianist, conductor, and arranger of international renown. His works are celebrated and performed by high school, college, church, community, and professional choirs today. Over his lifetime, he published 88 arrangements for voice, eight of which were solo pieces.
1957Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.[†]
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]