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June 21, 1958

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Headlines from June 21, 1958

Russians Stone and Smear Danish Moscow Embassy; RUSSIANS STONE DANISH EMBASSY

By Max Frankelspecial To the New York Times

200-500 Russians march on Danish Embassy, Moscow, smash windows, shout, smear slogans on facade; USSR claims demonstration, lasting over 2 hrs while police stand by, was popular protest against attack on Copenhagen Embassy; no one hurt; Amb Morch protests but absolves Kremlin of blame; Danes scoff at claim demonstration was spontaneous; illus

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Notable Births

VĂ­ctor Montoya

1958Víctor Montoya, Bolivian journalist and author[†]

VĂ­ctor Montoya is a Bolivian writer, cultural journalist, and pedagogue. Imprisoned by the dictatorship in his native Bolivia, he became an exile following a campaign by Amnesty International in 1977.

Gennady Padalka

1958Gennady Padalka, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut[†]

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka is a Russian Air Force officer and Roscosmos cosmonaut. Padalka is the only person to have served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) four times. He previously held the record for the most time spent in space at 878 days until Oleg Kononenko broke this record on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC and is currently at 2nd position. He worked on both Mir and the International Space Station.

Historical Context for June 21, 1958

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