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July 26, 1959

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Historical Context for July 26, 1959

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

Notable Births

1959Rick Bragg, American author and journalist^[†]

Rick Bragg is an American journalist and writer known for non-fiction books, especially those about his family in Alabama. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 recognizing his work at The New York Times.

1959Kevin Spacey, American actor and director^[†]

Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for 12 Emmy Awards. Spacey was named an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2015.

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Headlines from July 26, 1959

NIXON WILL SPEND 4 DAYS IN POLAND; PLAN IS SURPRISE; Soviet Refusal to Permit Him to Depart Via East Siberia Alters His Itinerary POLITICAL ASPECT SEEN His Trip Will Coincide With Rockefeller's Attendance at Governors' Parley NIXON WILL SPEND 4 DAYS IN POLAND

By Osgood Caruthersspecial To the New York Times

Nixon planned visit to Poland seen of special interest in light of bloc indignation over Wk

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Castro Foe Caught As Plane Is Downed; ENEMY OF CASTRO DOWNED IN PLANE

By Tad Szulcspecial To the New York Times

Phillips, R H: Cuba: Island of Paradox

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THE NEWS OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW; Harsh Words

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Thunder rumbled in the cold war last week, but when the storm had passed the situation appeared to be about as it was before. A long, lively and unprecedented debate in Moscow and continued stalemate at Geneva gave little promise far any immediate relaxation of cold war tensions.

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A POLITICAL GAIN FOR NIXON IS SEEN; Capital Views Soviet Events as Aiding His '60 Hopes -Some Fear Loss by U. S. A POLITICAL GAIN FOR NIXON IS SEEN

By Jack Raymondspecial To the New York Times

Washington sees Nixon visit to USSR helping him

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SWORD DANCER, ENDINE AND WALTZ TAKE BIG RACES; FOUL CLAIM FAILS Sword Dancer Victory Over Amerigo Upheld in Rich Monmouth MONMOUTH TAKEN BY SWORD DANCER

By Joseph C. Nicholsspecial To the New York Times

OCEANPORT, N. J., July 25 -- Sword Dancer of the Brookmeade Stable finished two lengths in front of his nearest pursuer, Mrs. Tilyou Christopher's Amerigo, in the $113,730 Monmouth Handicap today.

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VICTOR IN DWYER SETS TRACK MARK; Waltz Does 1:54 4/5 for Mile and Three-Sixteenths in Jamaica Feature WALTZ SETS MARK IN $82,100 DWYER

By Frank M. Blunk

Waltz romped to a mile and three-sixteenths track record in winning the forty-second running of the Dwyer Handicap at Jamaica yesterday. Bagdad, the 4-5 favorite, finished next to last in the field of six 3-year-olds.

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RETURN OF A NATIVE; Mr. Capra Does It With 'A Hole in the Head'

By Bosley Crowther

THE cheeriest thing about Frank Capra's and Frank Sinatra's "A Hole in the Head," outside of the built-in jocularity of this new comedy at Loew's State, is the fact that it brings Mr. Capra back to directing feature films, a pursuit he had curiously neglected since "Here Comes the Groom" in 1951.

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Stability Comes to Bond Market After Period of Unsettlement; STABILITY IS BACK IN BOND MARKET

By Paul Heffernan

The bond market has just put behind it one of the most trying ordeals since World War II. The breather did not come until yields on certain United States Government securities rose beyond 5 per cent for the first time in more than thirty years.

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Big Broker to Unload Tons of Paperwork; Hutton Will Be First Client of Computer Service Center HUTTON WILL GET AID OF COMPUTERS

By Elizabeth M. Fowler

RCA plans computer service center in NYC financial dist; E F Hutton & Co 1st brokerage to sign contract; center to be used to handle and speed all types of brokerage office work; RCA seen competing with IBM; details; 2 Hutton execs illus with model of RCA center

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VERMAAK DEFEATS OLMEDO IN 3 SETS; South African Player Puts Out Wimbledon King, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, at Haverford

By Allison Danzig

HAVERFORD, Pa., July 25 -- A red-haired, 26-year-old giant of a man from South Africa, relatively unknown in this country until this year, defeated Alex Olmedo in the Pennsylvania lawn tennis championships today.

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WHITE SOX AND INDIANS WIN;; GAME ENDS IN 17TH White Sox Nip Orioles by 3 to 2 and Retain Half-Length Lead WHITE SOX SCORE IN 17TH INNING, 3-2

By United Press International

CHICAGO, July 25 -- Sherm Lollar's ninth-inning home run and Harry Simpson's seventeenth-inning pinch single kept the Chicago White Sox in first place today. The Chicagoans won, 3 -- 2, from the Baltimore Orioles, rallying for the fourth straight time for a one-run decision.

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