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West and USSR exch proposals for ltd accord; West seeks 5-yr accord to include ltd UN supervision of propaganda, with guarantee of Western rights in city implicit; USSR proposal reptdly seeks to cut Western troops to 3-4,000; Western stand reptd unchanged
Vice Pres Nixon urges US and USSR open all closed cites, statement on visit to Novosibirsk
Shanahan will no longer have sole responsibility for investigating and recommending sponsors; changes assailed by Citizens Union and Housing Relocation Practices Council chmn Present; held inadequate by Citizens Housing Council; Felt denies reaching accord with Shanahan; C E McGuinness criticizes retention of Shanahan
Repubs join Southern Dems to reject proposal drafted in House com empowering Justice Dept to seek injunctions in rights cases; Celler charges Eisenhower fails to give leadership
Sen passes bill to exempt newscasts from equal-time rule; votes to continue panel discussions under rule; passes amendment asking broadcasters to try to present fairly opposing sides of pub issues; legis expires in 3 yrs; Sens Magnuson, McCarthy, Engle, Javits, Pastore comment
1959Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer[†]
Sanjay Balraj Dutt is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works in Hindi cinema in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi films. Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 160 films.
1959Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator[†]
Ruud Janssen is a Dutch Fluxus and mail artist currently living in Breda in the Netherlands.
1959Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager[†]
David Jeffrey LaPoint is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the manager of the Rockland Boulders, an American professional baseball team based in Pomona, New York, and member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball known as the Can-Am League.
1959John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)[†]
John James Sykes was an English guitarist and singer, best known as a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. He also fronted the hard rock group Blue Murder and released several solo albums.
1959First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.[†]
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]