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4th vol of Harvard study of NY Met Area Region sees area losing 60,000-80,000 jobs by '80 in industries that have ltd need for skilled labor; sees loss offset by new and fast-growing industries
Navy confirms submarine hunt
Assemblyman Kapelman charges Comm fails to protect witnesses rights, TV program; Seymour admits he put Parisi on stand without prior hearing, Comm chmn Nelson defends Seymour; C G DeSapio charges Maniscalco probe is part of campaign against Tammany Hall, TV int
Cong com hears Adm budget cuts and lack of clear-cut responsibility for Project Rover hamper development; Chmn McCone seeks to restore funds
NYS Repub leaders unanimously agree to postpone action on PSC proposal for repeal of full-crew laws; seen reluctant to take stand in election yr
1960Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines (died 2021)[†]
Benigno Simeon Aquino III, also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of assassinated politician Ninoy Aquino and 11th President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino, he was a fourth-generation politician as part of the Aquino family of Tarlac.
1960Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Dino Ciccarelli is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1999, primarily with the Minnesota North Stars, but also notably with the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he had his third-highest scoring season. He scored 1,200 points in his NHL career. His 608 career NHL goals are also the most goals scored by a draft-eligible player who was not drafted by an NHL team. Ciccarelli was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010.
1960J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (born 1911)[†]
John Langshaw Austin was an English philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, best known for developing the theory of speech acts.
1960Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (born 1880)[†]
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the iconic red telephone box.
1960Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council, proclaiming the House of Windsor and declaring that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.[†]
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.
1960The Hollywood Walk of Fame is founded.[†]
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,813 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. The stars, the first permanently installed in 1960, are monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a mix of actors, musicians, producers, directors, theatrical/musical groups, athletes, fictional characters, and others.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]