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November 10, 1958

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JUDICIAL COUNCIL FOR CENTRALIZING COURTS IN STATE; Proposes Two Tribunals to Replace Those in City and New Pattern Elsewhere Centralizing of Courts in State Is Proposed by Judicial Council

By Peter Kihss

Judicial Conf offers ct reform plan; would retain Appeals Ct, Appellate Div, Sup and Surrogates Cts, create Family Ct, abolish Claims Ct; in NYC, create Civil Ct and Criminal Ct to replace lower cts, County and Gen Sessions Cts; Upstate system to comprise County Cts, City Cts and Dist Cts; Conf asks strong centralized adm; other proposals

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Notable Births

1958Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic[†]

Deborah Cameron is a British linguist and feminist who currently holds the Rupert Murdoch Professorship in Language and Communication at Worcester College, Oxford University.

1958Stephen Herek, American director and producer[†]

Stephen Herek is an American film director. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for directing the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Omar Minaya

1958Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager[†]

Omar Teodoro Antonio Minaya y Sánchez, whose nickname is O, is a Dominican baseball executive. He is the special assistant to the general manager of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously served as general manager for the New York Mets and the Montreal Expos.

1958Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (died 2001)[†]

Massimo Morsello was an Italian fascist, political singer-songwriter. He was the main figure of Italian fascist political music and, with Roberto Fiore, a co-founder of the Italian neo-fascist movement Forza Nuova. He was born in Rome on 10 November 1958. He died in London on 10 March 2001.

Brooks Williams

1958Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Brooks Williams is an American acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter. His style combines roots, jazz, blues, classical, and folk. He has released albums of contemporary folk music, blues music, and of instrumental guitar music. In addition to his solo recordings and tours, he has frequently recorded and toured with many other musicians over the years, including Boo Hewerdine, Jim Henry, Guy Davis, Hans Theessink, Steve Tilston and Sloan Wainwright.

Historical Events

Hope Diamond

1958The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.[†]

The Hope Diamond is a 45.52 carats blue-violet diamond that has been famed for its great size since the 17th century. It was extracted in the 17th century from the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India,. The Hope Diamond is a blue diamond. Its exceptional size has revealed new information about the formation of diamonds.

Historical Context for November 10, 1958

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