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Harriman confs with Zaretzki, Bannigan, Mahoney, Heck, Carlino; compromises seen
Fed Reserve Bd cuts margin requirement to 50% in move to broaden mkt; comment; reaction, Wall St
NY Central conductors and brakemen call strike over layoffs resulting from service cuts
Sen Johnson repts Sen Dem Policy Com approved Sen Green resolution to give legis priority to create joint com to study inability issue
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1958Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (died 1997)[†]
Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev was a Kazakh mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks—those above 8,000 m (26,247 ft)—without supplemental oxygen. From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8,000 m.
1958Lena Ek, Swedish lawyer and politician, ninth Swedish Minister for the Environment[†]
Lena Ek is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Riksdag. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
1958Andris Šķēle, Latvian businessman and politician, fourth Prime Minister of Latvia[†]
Andris Šķēle is a Latvian former politician and business oligarch. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Latvia from 1995 to 1997, and again from 1999 to 2000.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]