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Dutch Reformed Ch calls de Blank attack unjust, severs relations with him; says it would welcome World Council of Chs probe; Union quiet; police question eds of 2 Johannesburg pubs for Africans
Fire destroys escalator, Times Sq station; 3 firemen, 2 policemen hurt; train service uninterrupted; illus
civilian militia reptd secretly leaving Santiago to help Castro forces hunt Beaton group in Sierra Maestra; 2d rebel group under Capt N Diaz reptd; map; rumors of defection increase; Christian Dem Movement scores Castro policies, asks free elections; calls Agrarian Reform Inst too powerful
Min Watkinson says Govt will weigh adapting Blue Streak missile for use as satellite launcher
Harris irked by Symonds statement; comments on probe; says he approved FPC Comrs flight in private plane; Reprs Moss and Hechler score Comrs conduct
1960Brad Garrett, American actor and comedian[†]
Brad H. Gerstenfeld, known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American actor and stand-up comedian.
1960Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese historian and journalist (died 2021)[†]
Myoma Myint Kywe was a famous Burmese writer and historian.
1960Osamu Sato, Japanese graphic artist, programmer, and composer[†]
Osamu Sato is a Japanese digital artist, video game developer, photographer, and composer. His first work was the ambient music album, Objectless (1983). His first work in the video game industry was Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou, which first released in Japan for Classic Mac OS in 1994, and in North America for Microsoft Windows the following year. In 1998, he produced and composed the music for the video game LSD: Dream Emulator on the PlayStation, which later became his most recognizable work outside of Japan.
1960Tina Rosenberg, American journalist and author[†]
Tina Rosenberg is an American journalist and the author of three books. For one of them, The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism (1995), she won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
1960Pat Symcox, South African cricketer[†]
Patrick Leonard Symcox is a former South African international cricketer. He played 20 Test matches and 80 One Day Internationals in the 1990s. Symcox was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]