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US rejects flag-planting on moon as legal sovereignty claim; Repr Anfuso says US would claim moon for world
'59 Cong action revd
Negroes plan to enroll at Riverdale jhs; map of pss in Bklyn-Queens transfers
Vice Pres Nixon warns against hysteria over successful USSR moon shot leading to new attacks on US science educ
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Sept. 13 -- The eighty-two-nation General Assembly will begin its fourteenth annual session here Tuesday with sixty-nine items on the agenda before it.
1959John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
John Edward Berry is an American country music artist. Active as a recording artist since 1979, he has recorded more than 20 studio albums, including one platinum album and two gold albums. In his career, Berry has also charted 19 songs on Billboard Hot Country Songs, including the Number One single "Your Love Amazes Me" from 1994 and six additional Top 10 hits: "What's In It for Me", "You and Only You", "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye", "I Think About It All the Time", "Change My Mind", and "She's Taken a Shine".
1959Mary Crosby, American actress[†]
Mary Frances Crosby is an American actress, the only daughter of actor/singer Bing Crosby and his second wife Kathryn Grant. She played Kristin Shepard in the television series Dallas.
1959Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter[†]
Morten Harket is a Norwegian singer who is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop band A-ha.
1959Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)[†]
Wayne Morris was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace. He appeared in many films, including Paths of Glory (1957), The Bushwackers (1952), and the title role of Kid Galahad (1937).
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]