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January 19, 1958
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Headlines from January 19, 1958
HOLADAY NAMED TO SPUR DEFENSE AGAINST MISSILES; He Will Coordinate Army and Air Force Work Until Space Unit Is Formed CHOSEN FIRST DIRECTOR Action Taken to Head Off Interservice Rivalries -- Roles are Redefined HOLADAY TO SPUR MISSILE DEFENSE
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Raid by 500 Indians Balks North Carolina Klan Rally; INDIANS, IN A RAID, BALK KLAN RALLY
500 Indians break up Klan rally; 4 hurt, none seriously; details; illus; car with 3 UP newsmen and radio newsman fired on
Senator Neely Dies; G.O.P. May Get Seat; Senator Matthew M. Neely Dies; West Virginia Democrat Was 83
Gov Underwood seen naming Repub to fill US Sen vacancy caused by Sen Neely death
U. S. HAS 2 PLANS FOR SPACE PEACE; Policing by U. N. or a World Supervisory Board Under Study in Washington U.S. HAS 2 PLANS FOR SPACE PEACE
Eisenhower Adm studies 2 plans for outer space control; 1st is for UN orgn with primarily police duties, 2d for UN orgn to supervise all outer space projects
Notable Births
1958Thomas Kinkade, American painter (died 2012)[โ ]
William Thomas Kinkade III was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for achieving success during his lifetime with the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products by means of the Thomas Kinkade Company. According to Kinkade's company, one in every twenty American homes owned a copy of one of his paintings.

1958Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (died 2023)[โ ]
Altemio C. Sanchez, also known as the Bike Path Rapist, was a serial killer, of Puerto Rican descent, who is known to have raped and murdered at least three women, and raped at least 9 to 15 girls and women in and around Buffalo, New York, during a 31-year span from 1975, though perhaps earlier, to 2006. He was apprehended in 2007 through DNA evidence and sentenced to 75 years-to-life, serving 16 years before dying from apparent suicide in 2023.
Historical Context for January 19, 1958
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[โ ]