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Bishops and Deputies Houses meet jointly to hear Bishops' pastoral lr warning against race bias; resolutions
Cardinal Constantini, in Rome for conclave, dies
FHA starts program of delaying firm commitments until home sale is completed as means of stretching remaining funds; Repr Rains criticizes Adm for not asking more funds from Cong; NYS Comr McMurray sees ill effects
Vice Pres Nixon s for Repub Sen Barrett
grand jury indicts 5 an charge of bombing Atlanta temple; 4 in custody; deny charge; 5th sought; G L Rockwell seized, Arlington, Va, in connection with lr he wrote to 1 of 5; his admiration for Hitler noted; denies involvement; Birmingham police hold C Gibson and T Overall, who reptdly threatened bombing of temple there
1958Thomas Hearns, American boxer[†]
Thomas Hearns is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "the Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and long arms and shoulders allowed him to move up over fifty pounds (23 kg) in his career and become the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions: welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight.
1958Megumi Ishii, Japanese actress and politician[†]
Yoko Ishii , better known as Megumi Ishii is a Japanese actress and politician who is represented by the talent agency, Wonder Production. In 2015, she was elected to the Kunitachi Municipal Assembly.
1958Letitia James, American lawyer, activist and politician[†]
Letitia Ann "Tish" James is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 67th attorney general of New York (NYAG), having won the 2018 election to succeed Barbara Underwood. A member of the Democratic Party, James is the first African American and first woman to be elected New York Attorney General.
1958Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach[†]
Kjell William Alf Samuelsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Tampa Bay Lightning between 1985 and 1999. On December 17, 2018 he was named interim assistant coach of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the AHL. He was then the Flyers' director of player development for ten years, before being fired on June 1, 2023.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]