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Mikoyan says USSR does not consider Western notes as flat rejection, s, Washington
more riots, Leopoldville; 15 Negroes dead, 100 hurt including 20 Eurs; curfew imposed; troops patrol African qr; map
Moscow radio repts radios dead after 62 hrs, 373,125-mi flight, program of observation and scientific studies ended; scientists see rocket becoming eternal artificial planet in elliptical path between earth and Mars; hold meeting with earth unlikely; A Kazantsev calls rocket Mechta (dream), says it will be known as 10th planet, article in Pravda
Elected Queens Boro Pres by Queens Councilmen; sworn in
1959Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer[†]
Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj is an Indian former cricket team captain. He is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle-order batsman. Dev is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in Test cricket.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]