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WASHINGTON, July 28 -The United States rejected today the Soviet Union's demand for a heads-of-government meeting untrammeled by Security Council rules.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., July 28 -- Security Council delegates were surprised today by the Soviet Union's rejection of President Eisenhower's proposal that the Council take over the responsibility for arranging a meeting of heads of government.
Chehab, hitherto unwilling to run for Pres, agrees to accept office if elected
Dulles signs Baghdad Pact statement which in effect commits US to Pact; illus
Blanchet says Haiti seeks recall of US Amb Drew for interfering in internal affairs, has obtained transfer of US Embassy Counselor Barringer after complaint he favored Dejoie for Pres, NYC int; repts 2 USSR econ aid offers rejected; says Duvalier sent message to Eisenhower on defense and econ proposals in light of Mideast crisis; says extradition is sought of ex-Pres Magloire for embezzlement and of Dejoie for bomb plot against Govt; repts on US tech cooperation program; Magloire, Dejoie denials
1958Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic[†]
Gail Dines is professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts.
1958Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer[†]
Simon Nye is an English screenwriter, best known for television comedy. He wrote the hit sitcom Men Behaving Badly, and all of the four ITV Pantos. He co-wrote the 2006 film Flushed Away, created an adaptation of Richmal Crompton's Just William books in 2010, and wrote the drama series The Durrells.
1958Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer[†]
Cynthia Rowley is an American fashion designer, known for her books, television appearances and "flirty" and "carefree" women's clothing designs.
1958U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).[†]
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy in 1944.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]