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The ways of Congress probably are more predictable than is a slot machine. But there are times, it must be admitted, when there is a certain tantalizing resemblance.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 16 -Frank Thomas hit three home runs and drove in six runs today as the Pittsburgh Pirates whipped the Cincinnati Redlegs, 13 -- 4. The Pirates reached five Cincinnati pitchers for eighteen hits.
scores Harriman alleged insistence candidate be Cath, statement on Times Aug 15(1:6) rept on Harriman stand on Finletter and Murray; holds Harriman wants to decide nomination
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 16 -Malcolm Anderson of Australia gave a superior exhibition of ball control to defeat Alejandro Olmedo in the Newport invitation tennis tournament today.
1958Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter[†]
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female rock bands of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.
1958Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant[†]
Frederick Anderson Goodwin FRSE FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009.
1958Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver[†]
Maurizio Sandro Sala is a Brazilian former racing driver. He drove in multiple classes of racing in a career lasting from 1978 to 2004.
1958Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (born 1878)[†]
Arthur George Fox was an English-American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
1958Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.[†]
Pioneer 0 was a failed United States space probe that was designed to go into orbit around the Moon, carrying a television camera, a micrometeorite detector and a magnetometer. It was part of the first International Geophysical Year (IGY) science payload. It was designed and operated by the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division as the first spacecraft in the Pioneer program and was the first attempted launch beyond Earth orbit by any country, but the rocket failed shortly after launch. The probe was intended to be called Pioneer, but the launch failure precluded that name.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]