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Jenner not to seek re-election
Amb to Nationalist China Rankin to be Amb to Yugoslavia; to be succeeded by Asst Sec H P Jones; Amb to Libya Tappin to be replaced by J W Jones; Amb to Czech Johnson to replace Amb to Thailand Bishop
Detroit's "Old-Timers" led the Red Wings to victory over the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League game at Madison Square Garden yesterday.
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Mayor leaves for San Francisco to attend Amer Munic Assn conv
1957Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter[†]
Chris Poland is an American guitarist, best known as the former guitarist of the thrash metal band Megadeth. Since 2002, Poland has been the guitarist of the instrumental rock/jazz rock bands OHM and OHMphrey, among others, and has appeared on several projects and albums from a variety of different genres.
1957Deep Roy, Kenyan-British actor[†]
Gurdeep "Deep" Roy is a Kenyan-British actor, puppeteer and stuntman. At 132 centimetres tall, he has often been cast as diminutive characters, such as Teeny Weeny in The NeverEnding Story, all the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Keenser in Star Trek and its sequels, and in television series such as The X-Files, Doctor Who, and Eastbound & Down.
1957Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)[†]
Mary Vesta Williams was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as soul, funk, R&B, Quiet storm, jazz soul and Urban Contemporary. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta beginning in the 1990s. She was known for her four–octave vocal range. She once sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves.
In 1957, the world population was approximately 2,852,618,337 people[†]