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September 13, 1959

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Headlines from September 13, 1959

WHITE SOX TOP ORIOLES, 6-1;; NO. 2O FOR WYNN

By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 12 -- The Chicago White Sox ended a twenty-nine inning scoreless streak today as Early Wynn beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-1. Wynn became the American League's first twenty-game winner of the season.

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Notable Births

Tatyana Mitkova

1959Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist[โ€ ]

Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova is a Russian television journalist for NTV. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official Soviet Union version of the military response to the uprising in Lithuania. In 2001, BBC News described her as one of Russia's "best-known news presenters".

Historical Context for September 13, 1959

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