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March 5, 1959

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Headlines from March 5, 1959

House Democrats to Seek Year More of Jobless Aid; DEMOCRATS SEEK TO EXTEND JOB AID

By Richard E. Mooney

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The House Democratic leadership made a surprise announcement today that it planned fast action on a one-year extension of emergency Federal aid to the unemployed. The Democratic plan constitutes the biggest threat yet raised against President Eisenhower's budget-balancing policy and raises it on the sensitive issue of lingering post-recession unemployment.

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Notable Births

1959Talia Balsam, American actress[†]

Talia Balsam is an American television and film actress.

Vazgen Sargsyan

1959Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 1999)[†]

Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's Prime Minister from 11 June 1999 until his assassination on 27 October of that year. He rose to prominence during the mass movement for the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia in the late 1980s and led Armenian volunteer groups during the early clashes with Azerbaijani forces. Appointed defence minister by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan soon after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in late 1991, Sargsyan became the most prominent commander of Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In different positions, he regulated the military operations in the war area until 1994, when a ceasefire was reached ending the war with Armenian forces controlling almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts.

Historical Context for March 5, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]