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The cigarette industry made news of a sort last week: it didn't introduce or announce plans for any new brands.
group of bank execs int on commercial bank earnings and operations
CLEVELAND, Oct. 24 -- Penn State's unbeaten football team, well-schooled in the art of multiple ball-handling and unafraid to employ it, clearly outplayed Illinois and defeated the fighting Illini, 20 -- 9, at Municipal Stadium today.
PARIS, Oct. 24--A secret kept for 118 years, first by France's great nineteenth-century poet, Victor Hugo, and then by the statue of Napoleon looking out toward England from Boulognesur-Mer on the English Channel, has just been revealed.
Fire Underwriters and Chicago Lightning Protection Inst statistics on lightning-caused fires noted
1959Óscar Aguirregaray, Uruguayan footballer[†]
Óscar Osvaldo Aguirregaray Acosta is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender for Uruguay national team.
1959Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2013)[†]
Christine Joy Amphlett was an Australian singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the frontwoman of the rock band Divinyls. She was notable for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive humour in lyrics, performances and media interviews.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]