On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
US State Dept officials indicate US will back Laos appeal; Under Sec Dillon calls in SEATO reprs for conf; SEATO protocol placing Laos under its protection and enabling it to send in troops when requested by Laos revd; speculation on UN action
Nehru repts Communist China has formally charged India with 'aggression' in border areas, Parliament debate; says India will not be 'bullied' by China; argues down Right-wing motion that India seek UN intervention against Chinese repression in Tibet; says 'acrimonious' debate in UN will not help Tibetans; pleads for friendship with Chinese; offers to submit border dispute to arbitration; indicates minor concessions
Eisenhower vetoes 2d omnibus bill; Sen attempt to override veto fails; 58-36 vote 5 short of needed 2/3 majority; Eisenhower sees bill costing $1.75 billion, veto message; opposes pub housing and coll housing provisions; sees slum clearance provisions too high
HR com approves Selden bill for State Sec to deny passports to Communist sympathizers and bar travel to certain areas, but to guarantee hearings to those denied passports with Sec required to pub confidential data; other provisions
W N Seymour Jr named comm counsel, W Pincus exec dir; Seymour apptmt seen sign that hearings will be pub
1959Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher (died 2014)[†]
Frank Schirrmacher was a German journalist, literature expert and essayist, writer, and from 1994 co-publisher of the national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]