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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-- In his first ninety minutes in the United States, Premier Khrushchev saw a neat and white-washed air base, a verdant parkway, a new motel and apartment building, a Negro slum area, a Roman Catholic church, the Capitol clothed in scaffolding, massive government buildings and the White House.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Premier Khrushchev arrived today and received a big but undemonstrative welcome. He was greeted on landing by President Eisenhower.
boycott of 5 Ridgewood-Glendale pss over transfer of Negro and Puerto Rican pupils from Bklyn ends; attendance near normal; bomb threat at PS 68 proves hoax; 2 coll students picket PS 91, score Theobald; Harlem parents call off scheduled demonstration at Riverdale jhs; get ct order requiring Educ Bd to show cause why Harlem pupils should not be admitted to Riverdale school; some 200 Harlem children reptdly boycott classes
86th Cong 1st session adjourns
opens; Premier Karame (Lebanon) presides temporarily; Dr Belaunde (Peru) elected pres; s; vps, com chmn chosen
1959Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter[†]
Peter Keleghan is a Canadian actor and writer, perhaps best known for portraying Ben Bellow in the comedy series 18 to Life, Clark Claxton Sr. in the comedy series Billable Hours and Ranger Gord in The Red Green Show. As of 2024, he has a recurring role on Murdoch Mysteries as government agent/spy Terrence Meyers.
1959Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager[†]
Timothy Raines Sr., nicknamed "Rock", is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball for six teams from 1979 to 2002 and was best known for his 13 seasons with the Montreal Expos. A seven-time All-Star, four-time stolen base champion, and National League batting champion, Raines is regarded as one of the best leadoff hitters and baserunners in baseball history. In 2013, Raines began working in the Toronto Blue Jays organization as a roving outfield and baserunning instructor. In 2017, Raines was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1959Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer[†]
David John Richardson is a South African former cricketer and the former CEO of the International Cricket Council.
1959Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer[†]
Victory Tischler-Blue is an American film producer, director, writer, musician and photographer. She was born and raised in Newport Beach, California. Tischler-Blue began working in the entertainment industry at age 17, using the name Vicki Blue as the bassist in the American all-girl teenage rock band The Runaways. After the demise of the band, she was cast as Cindy by director Rob Reiner in This Is Spinal Tap. Her film Edgeplay was based on her tenure in The Runaways.
1959The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.[†]
The Xerox 914 was the first successful commercial plain paper copier. Introduced in 1959 by the Haloid/Xerox company, it revolutionized the document-copying industry. The culmination of inventor Chester Carlson's work on the xerographic process, the 914 was fast and economical. The copier was introduced to the public on September 16, 1959, in a demonstration at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York, shown on live television.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]