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August 4, 1959

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MOST IN CAPITAL WELCOME VISITS; But Some Sound a Note of Caution -- No One Predicts Any Major Accords Capital Generally Favorable to Exchange of Visits FEW LAWMAKERS OBJECT STRONGLY But No One Predicts Talks Will Dissolve Differences Between U.S. and Soviet

By William J. Jordenspecial To the New York Times

Washington diplomatic and Cong reaction; visit opposed by Sens Dodd, Capehart, Repr Judd; backed by Johnson, Dirksen, Fulbright, Humphrey; Wiley, Keating cautious

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Notable Births

Robbin Crosby

1959Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2002)[†]

Robbinson Lantz Crosby was an American guitarist who was a member of glam metal band Ratt, earning several platinum albums in the US in the 1980s. Crosby died in 2002 from a heroin overdose.

John Gormley

1959John Gormley, Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government[†]

John Gormley is an Irish former Green Party politician who served as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government from June 2007 to January 2011, Leader of the Green Party from June 2007 to May 2011 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1994 to 1995. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-East constituency from 1997 to 2011.

Notable Deaths

József Révai

1959József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1898)[†]

József Révai was a Hungarian communist politician, statesman and cultural ideologue.

Historical Context for August 4, 1959

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