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Chiang sends apology to Pres Eisenhower and Sec Dulles; assures Rankin riots do not indicate anti-US feeling; dismisses 3 high officers for failure to halt riots; Taipei quiet; 200 alleged instigators held; Rankin holds US-Chinese relations firm; Reynolds arrives in US; illus
Eisenhower tours Gettysburg farm with W Ger Chancellor Adenauer; illus; returns to Washington
Deputy Dir Washburn sees concentration on 3 key areas if funds are cut sharply
Assassinated, Paris, by Algerian; por
Wagner, appearing at 13 functions over wk-end, seen campaigning
1957Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour[†]
Dag Terje Andersen is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. In addition to professional politics he has worked at a steel mill and as a lumberjack, something that has given him a reputation for politically representing the average citizen.
1957Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport[†]
Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, currently in his tenure for over ten years, and is the only person to serve under a single portfolio for three consecutive terms. Being one of senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he served as the President of his party from 2009 to 2013.
1957Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016)[†]
Eddie Harsch was a Canadian keyboardist and member of Detroit-based jam band Bulldog. Previous to that he was The Black Crowes' keyboardist from 1991 to 2006. Harsch was replaced on keyboards by Rob Clores and then Adam MacDougall. Harsch first joined Bulldog during The Black Crowes' hiatus, which lasted from early 2002 to early 2005. During that time, he also played bass in the Detroit Cobras. In the 1980s, Harsch was a member of James Cotton's band.
1957Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer[†]
Susan Janet Ballion, better known by her stage name Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer and songwriter. She came to prominence as the leader and main lyricist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, who were active from 1976 to 1996. They released 11 studio albums, and had several UK Top 20 singles including "Hong Kong Garden", "Happy House" and "Peek-a-Boo", plus a US Top 25 single in the Billboard Hot 100, with "Kiss Them for Me".
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]