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July 9, 1958

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Headlines from July 9, 1958

171 Million Sought For City's Transit; 171 MILLION ASKED FOR TRANSIT IN '59

By Stanley Levey

NYCTA asks $170,921,700 capital budget, '59

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KHRUSHCHEV SAYS ADENAUER IS WEAK; Russian, in East Germany, Says Chancellor of Bonn Only Imagines Strength KHRUSHCHEV SAYS ADENAUERS IS WEAK

By Harry Gilroyspecial To the New York Times

Khrushchev holds Communists want coexistence and will not attack other nations or interfere in internal affairs, s, Halle, E Ger

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PRESIDENT BEGINS TALKS IN OTTAWA; Confers With Diefenbaker on Trade Issues -- Joint Defense Unit Suggested President Begins Ottawa Talks; Joint Defense Unit Is Suggested

By Raymond Daniellspecial To the New York Times

Eisenhower in Ottawa with wife, Dulles and Amb Merchant and wives, others; greeted by Gov Gen Massey, Prime Min Diefenbaker; illus; sparse crowds noted; J C Hagerty lays S Adams absence to change in Eisenhower fishing plans

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U. S. SAYS SOVIET SHOT DOWN PLANE WITH NINE ABOARD; Jet Fighters Also Fired Upon Craft as It Fell June 27, Air Force Reports ONLY ONE MAN INJURED Press Inquiries Ruled Out as Released Crew Arrives at Wiesbaden Air Base PLANE SHOT DOWN, U. S. REPORT SAYS

By Arthur J. Olsenspecial To the New York Times

USAF repts craft was shot down by MIG fighters; 9 arrive, Wiesbaden, Ger; storms, high winds linked to inadvertent crossing of border

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LEBANON ASSERTS CAIRO CONTINUES 'MASSIVE' INFLUX; Statement to U.N. Declares Intervention Is Unchecked Since Observers Arrived LEBANON CHARGES INFLUX CONTINUES

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

Lebanon charges Repub continues 'massive' intervention despite UN observers, comment on observers rept; holds rept inconclusive; holds UN should 'insure' against infiltration; estimates several thousand infiltrators from Repub involved; Dr K Azkoul comments; T Basheer absolved by UN rept; Jordan radio charges Hammarskjold with partiality to Repub

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Notable Births

1958Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Malaysian politician^[†]

Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions from 2021 to 2022. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mersing from 1999 to 2022.

1958Jacob Joseph, Malaysian football coach^[†]

Jacob Joseph is a Malaysian football coach.

Historical Events

1958A 7.8 Mw  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.^[†]

The 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake occurred on July 9, 1958, at 22:15:58 PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million cubic meters and about 90 million tons into the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska. The impact was heard 80 kilometers (50 mi) away, and the sudden displacement of water resulted in a megatsunami that washed out trees to a maximum elevation of 524 meters at the entrance of Gilbert Inlet. This is the largest and most significant megatsunami in modern times; it forced a re-evaluation of large-wave events and the recognition of impact events, rockfalls, and landslides as causes of very large waves.

Historical Context for July 9, 1958

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