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September 12, 1958

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PRESIDENT SAYS NATION MUST FIGHT IF NECESSARY TO BAR QUEMOY FALL; SEES NO WAR; URGES NEGOTIATIONS; NO 'APPEASEMENT'

By James Reston

Eisenhower tells US it must fight, if necessary, to bar fall of islands, radio-TV s, J Reston rept; bars 'appeasement'; stresses mil danger of situation while urging solution by talks; likens crisis to that faced by Eur before '39; stresses stand made by Dulles in news conf that any use of force threatened principle of settling world problems peacefully and had to be opposed by US arms if Nationalists could not deal with it; ignores Allied and Dems protests on Adm stand

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Notable Births

Wilfred Benítez

1958Wilfred Benítez, American boxer[†]

Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world titles in separate weight divisions at the age of seventeen, he is best remembered as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities, along with his fights with Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard.

1958Gregg Edelman, American actor and singer[†]

Gregg Edelman is an American actor. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions earning four Tony Award nominations for his roles in City of Angels (1990), Anna Karenina (1993), 1776 (1998), and Into the Woods (2002). His other Broadway credits include Cabaret (1987), Anything Goes (1989), Falsettos (1992), Passion (1994), Les Misérables (1999), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), and Water for Elephants (2024).

Historical Events

Jack Kilby

1958Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.[†]

Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electrical engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on December 10, 2000.

Historical Context for September 12, 1958

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