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CHICAGO, July 19 -- Bernard (Tut) Bartzen of Dallas and Sammy Giammalva of Houston gained the singles final today in the national clay courts tennis tournament.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19 -- Two home runs and Ramon Monzant's effective relief pitching today carried San Francisco to a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates as the Giants retained a half-game hold on first place in the National League race.
AT the end of each theatrical season it is customary to summarize the achievements of that year. The existence of a number of sizable hits of not too low a quality is taken to mean that the theatre is blooming.
The market for United States Government securities is being freshened for a succession of big financing transactions that are sure to keep bond pricers busy from now until February.
PLANDOME, L. I., July 19 -- William Schleif Jr. of the Sea-wane Harbor Club and Don Cherry of the Garden City Country Club gained the final of the Long Island Golf Association amateur championship at the Plandome Country Club today.
1958Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter[†]
Michael Joseph MacNeil is a Scottish songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known as a former member of the group Simple Minds.
1958Billy Mays, American salesman (died 2009)[†]
William Darrell Mays Jr. was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and Mighty Mendit. His promotions aired mainly on the Home Shopping Network through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc., although they have aired on other syndicated networks. Mays's infomercials were known for his catch phrase "Hi, Billy Mays here", and his shouted delivery of lines.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]