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X-15 makes 1st powered flight, Edwards base, Calif; flies 3 mins at 1,400 mph after being launched from B-52 at 7-mi alt; illus; Crossfield describes flight
Relieved of duty
Eisenhower says USSR plan must meet conditions of fairness and inspection, Reston rept on news conf
Herter revs Western position and hopes that foreign mins can still make progress, s, UN Assembly
Vanguard III satellite carries instrument to measure earth's field
1959Ian Arkwright, English footballer[â ]
Ian Arkwright is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham and Torquay United. He played as a winger, and the majority of his League career was spent with Wrexham in the early 1980s.
1959Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter[â ]
Mark Lee Romanek is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films One Hour Photo (2002) and Never Let Me Go (2010). Romanek's music videos have come to be regarded as among the best of the medium. They have earned him three Grammy Awards for Best Short Form Music Video and 20 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Direction for Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
1959Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager[â ]
Ryne Dee Sandberg, nicknamed "Ryno", is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies (1981) and the Chicago Cubs.
1959Benjamin PĂ©ret, French poet and journalist (born 1899)[â ]
Benjamin PĂ©ret was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist, and founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[â ]