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Pope appts Abp Meyer head of Chicago Archdiocese; Meyer statement; apptmt hailed by Chicago ch and civic leaders; illus
Columbia wins 2d race
Reston repts Peiping Ambs circulate aide-memoire demanding US forces get out of Taiwan area; USSR officials do likewise; warn Peiping will oust US forces, USSR will aid; McElroy confs with Eisenhower; USSR press and radio alert people to threat of war, wage bitter campaign against US
Westchester Presbytery protests increasing Sunday politicking; charges offenses by Harriman, Rockefeller, local candidates; Westchester Dem chmn Luddy, Repub leader Michaelian reply
Soustelle says Govt will take measures against Communist party after Const referendum
1958Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor[†]
Randy Kerber is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema.
1958Michael Madsen, American actor and producer[†]
Michael Madsen is an American actor. Alongside his frequent collaborations with Quentin Tarantino—Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)—he is known for his appearances in films such as WarGames (1983), The Natural (1984), The Doors (1991), Thelma & Louise (1991), Free Willy (1993), Species (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997), Die Another Day (2002), Sin City (2005), and Scary Movie 4 (2006). He has played voice roles in various video games, including Grand Theft Auto III (2001), Narc (2005), the Dishonored series (2012–2017), and Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023). Madsen has five children, including actor Christian Madsen.
1958John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878)[†]
John Broadus Watson was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school. Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It. Through his behaviorist approach, Watson conducted research on animal behavior, child rearing, and advertising, as well as conducting the controversial "Little Albert" experiment and the Kerplunk experiment. He was also the editor of Psychological Review from 1910 to 1915. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Watson as the 17th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]