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Tito scoffs at Khrushchev criticism of Yugoslavia for accepting US aid, hails aid benefits, s, Labin; says US does not mean to aid socialism but says so openly
Greece cuts mil ties with Turkey over Cyprus dispute
Is chmn of Rockefeller Bros Fund Study on econ policy
Tanks used against rebels in new outbreak of st fighting, Beirut; shell home of rebel leader S Salaam; Salaam safe; rebel forces under Jumblatt near Beirut Internatl Airport; clash there reptd; 1st of 3-man team supervising UN observation group arrives; Shehab dismissal seen; Hammarskjold to visit Lebanon; illus
McCarthy repts May caseload up 1,600; rise avgd over 8,000 in preceding 5 mos; total caseload put at 350,000
1958Darrell Griffith, American basketball player[†]
Darrell Steven Griffith, also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is an American former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1980 to 1991. He played collegiately at the University of Louisville.
1958Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer[†]
Ulrike Tauber is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There she also captured the silver medal in the women's 200 m butterfly. In the 1970s Tauber set numerous world records in the 200 m and 200 m individual medley.
1958Warren Rodwell, Australian soldier, educator and musician[†]
Abu Sayyaf, officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, was a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. It was based in and around Jolo and Basilan islands in the southwestern part of the Philippines, where for more than five decades, Moro groups had been engaged in an insurgency seeking to make Moro Province independent. The group was considered violent and was responsible for the Philippines' worst terrorist attack, the bombing of the MV Superferry 14 in 2004, which killed 116 people. The name of the group was derived from Arabic abu, and sayyaf. As of April 2023, the group was estimated to have about 20 members, down from 1,250 in 2000. They used mostly improvised explosive devices, mortars and automatic rifles.
1958Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1917)[†]
Pál Maléter was the military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution who served as minister of defence in the third government of Imre Nagy.
1958Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1895)[†]
Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet-backed government, for which he was sentenced to death and executed two years later. He was not related to previous agrarianist Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy.
1958Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.[†]
Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet-backed government, for which he was sentenced to death and executed two years later. He was not related to previous agrarianist Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]