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April 25, 1960

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Rhee Opponents Demand New Vote for 2 Top Posts; FOES INSIST RHEE HOLD NEW POLLING

By Robert Trumbullspecial To the New York Times

Opposition Dems demand Rhee resignation, new elections, drastic Govt changes to deprive Rhee of powers; urge Brit-type system with Premier responsible to Parliament; Assembly accepts Chang resignation; appts com to probe riots; martial law lifted in 4 cities; censorship being lifted; newspaper Korean Republic repts Rhee plans 'caretaker Cabinet' to function temporarily; holds Rhee was unaware of gen conditions; Rhee change in outlook cradited to Herter and McConaughy

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Notable Births

Paul Baloff

1960Paul Baloff, American singer (died 2002)[†]

Pavel Nicholas "Paul" Baloff was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist of the thrash metal band Exodus. He was fired from Exodus shortly after the release of the band's 1985 debut album Bonded by Blood, and sang with various other bands before rejoining Exodus in 1997. Baloff died of a stroke in 2002. He was of Russian descent.

Robert Peston

1960Robert Peston, English journalist[†]

Robert James Kenneth Peston is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston alongside ITV News Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana. From 2006 until 2014, he was the Business Editor of BBC News and its Economics Editor from 2014 to 2015. He became known to the wider public with his reporting on the 2008 financial crisis, especially with his exclusive information on the Northern Rock crisis. He is the founder of the education charity Speakers for Schools.

Historical Events

USS Triton (SSRN-586)

1960The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.[†]

USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She was the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear reactors. Triton was the second submarine and the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the Greek god Triton. This naming convention was unusual at the time; U.S. Navy submarines were usually named for various species of fish. At the time of her commissioning in 1959, Triton was the largest, most powerful, and most expensive submarine ever built at $109 million excluding the cost of nuclear fuel and reactors.

Historical Context for April 25, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]