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USCG charges Constitution Capt La Belle with negligence; sets hearing on whether license should be suspended or revoked; Capt Switzer named liner master on next trip
Winter returned last night and covered the metropolitan area with a deepening blanket of snow early today.
Bishop O'Connor
Nasser charges Kassim tries to split UAR, s, Damascus; blames Mideast Communists for Iraq-UAR rift; links USSR; accuses Kassim of arranging series of antiNasser demonstrations, Baghdad; s linked to Iraqi charge that rebel radio station operated in Syria; Nasser hanged in effigy, Baghdad
Sen Banking Com backs bill to make loans and grants totaling $389,500,000 to distressed areas
1959Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska[†]
Milorad Dodik is a Bosnian Serb politician currently serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since 2022, a position he previously held from 2010 to 2018. He also served as the 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022.
1959Luenell, American comedian and actress[†]
Luenell Campbell, known mononymously as Luenell, is an American comedian and actress.
1959Michael Walter, German luger (died 2016)[†]
Michael Walter was a German luger who competed during the 1980s. He won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in 1985 and a silver in 1981.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]