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Sec Gates cites greater number and scientific value of US satellites and probes launched and still in orbit as compared with those of USSR, s, AP meeting
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BLS Consumer Price Index up 0.1% to record 125.7, Mar; graph; table
Nehru-Chou communique indicates talks end in deadlock; they rept aides will hold further talks; agree to try to avoid border clashes; Chou indicates concessions must come from India, news conf; restates Peiping claims; denies Chinese aggression; Nehru repts India stressed Chinese aggression, news conf; holds India's and China's views 'basically different,'
de Gaulle says weapons development will continue in absence of accord on disarmament, s, US Cong
1960H. G. Carrillo, American writer and academic (died 2020)[†]
H. G. Carrillo was an American fiction writer and academic. In the 1990s, he began writing as "H. G. Carrillo," and he eventually adopted that identity in his private life as well. Carroll constructed a false claim that he was a Cuban immigrant who had left Cuba with his family at the age of seven; in fact, he had no ties to Cuba. Carroll wrote frequently about the Cuban immigrant experience in the United States, including in his only novel, Loosing My Espanish (2004). He was an assistant professor of English at George Washington University from 2007 to 2013, and was later chair of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
1960Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach[†]
Stephen Paul Lombardozzi Sr. is an American former professional baseball player who was a second baseman for the Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros for six Major League Baseball seasons. As part of the Twins' world championship team in 1987, Lombardozzi hit .412 during the World Series and hit a home run in Game 1.
1960Roger Taylor, English drummer[†]
Roger Andrew Taylor is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the new wave band Duran Duran from their inception until 1985, and again from 2001 onwards. Duran Duran have sold over 100 million records worldwide. Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November 2022 as a member of Duran Duran.
1960Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.[†]
The president of the Republic of Korea, also known as the president of South Korea, is the head of state and head of government of South Korea. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]