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says Serov now has Army post, int, Los Angeles; laughs at rumor a Khrushchev sec recently committed suicide
showdown set; Dirksen, Mansfield comment
Reston discusses conflicting repts on Molotov
Comr Wiley repts ltd standing for commercial vehicles will go into effect, Mar, on 5 more Midtown sts; Comr Screvane urges revisions of alternate-side rule to facilitate st cleaning
Defense officials indicate fiscal '60 budget may close era of manned craft dominance
1959B. Brian Blair, American wrestler and politician[â ]
Brian Leslie Blair is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name B. Brian Blair as one half of the tag team The Killer Bees in the 1980s.
1959Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[â ]
Per HÄkan Gessle is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was disbanded after her death in 2019. The duo achieved international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and topped the charts in the US four times, most notably with "It Must Have Been Love" which was featured in the film Pretty Woman. Prior to the formation of Roxette, he had a successful career in his native Sweden as the frontman for Gyllene Tider. The band released three number-one albums during the early 1980s but disbanded shortly after their fourth album, The Heartland Café (1984).
1959Sergey Ivanenko, Russian economist and politician (died 2024)[â ]
Sergey Viktorovich Ivanenko was a Russian economist and politician. A member of Yabloko, he served in the State Duma from 1993 to 2003.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[â ]