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Indian High Comr Pandit urges seating Communists despite Indian-Chinese border dispute, s, Columbia U; says seating would not mean approval of internal pol system
on Khrushchev renunciation of force, Eisenhower plan to visit USSR
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talks halt; USWA formally rejects indus offer; indus, USWA exch charges; McDonald wires heads of 5 big cos asking direct talks
H Phleger gets personal rank of Amb; will be US delegation chmn at conf on Antarctic regions
1959Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2012)[†]
Turki bin Sultan Al Saud was deputy minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia. He was a member of the House of Saud and was one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz.
1959Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player[†]
Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Boyd played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox (1982–1989), Montreal Expos (1990–1991), and Texas Rangers (1991). In a 10-season career, Boyd collected a 78–77 record with 799 strikeouts and a 4.04 ERA in 1,389.2 innings.
1959Brian Higgins, American politician[†]
Brian Michael Higgins is an American former politician who was the U.S. representative for New York's 26th congressional district, from 2005 until 2024. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 and as the 26th from 2013 to 2024, included Buffalo and Niagara Falls, along with some surrounding urban and suburban areas. Higgins is a member of the Democratic Party, and of several congressional committees and caucuses. He was born and raised Buffalo, New York, before obtaining a bachelor's and master's from Buffalo State College and an MPA from Harvard University.
1959Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler[†]
Walter Ray Williams Jr. is an American professional bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher. He has won 47 standard PBA Tour career titles, the most in the tour’s history, and has earned over $5 million in total PBA earnings as of 2022. Williams is a seven-time PBA Player of the Year, tied with Jason Belmonte for the most all-time in history, and is one of four bowlers to win the award in three consecutive seasons (1996–1998). He won at least one PBA Tour title in a record 17 consecutive seasons (1993–2010).
1959Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (born 1865)[†]
Bernard Berenson was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book The Drawings of the Florentine Painters was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]