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June 18, 1958

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Dulles Voices Concern; 'SHOCKING' ACTION, U. S. SAYS ON NAGY

By Harry Schwartzspecial To the New York Times

US State Dept denounces executions as 'shocking act of cruelty,' blames USSR; hints executions were decided during Khrushchev visit in Apr; Sec Dulles sees reversion to 'brutal terrorist methods' of Stalin era, news conf; holds Hungary carried out will of USSR; presumes trial was recent; Sen Knowland scores executions; observers stress charge linking Nagy with Yugoslavs

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Notable Births

Peter Altmaier

1958Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany[†]

Peter Altmaier is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from May 2012 to December 2013 and Head of the German Chancellery and as Federal Minister for Special Affairs from December 2013 to March 2018. Altmaier is widely seen as one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's most trusted advisors and advocates for her more centrist wing of the CDU. He is known for his "compromising style" and was described in 2017 as "the most powerful man in Berlin".

1958Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor[†]

Gary Martin is a British actor.

Historical Events

Benjamin Britten

1958Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.[†]

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).

Historical Context for June 18, 1958

In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]