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NYS Comm on NYC Govt Operations to be reorganized to concentrate on revision; F C Moore to be permanent chmn
Quadrennial Gen Conf; Bishops episc address issued
Sen Kefauver holds off-track betting would spur crime, NYS Investigation Comm hearing
WASHINGTON, April 27 -- President Eisenhower welcomed King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal to the United States today.
US spurs action to curb corruption and inefficiency in aid program; freezes new aid allotments; program described; pol favorites reptdly own large interests in 50% of private projects benefiting from US aid
1960Tom Browning, American baseball player (died 2022)[†]
Thomas Leo Browning was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 to 1995, spending almost his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds. In his rookie season in 1985, Browning won 20 games and was runner-up for the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award; he was the Reds' first 20-game winner in 15 years, and equalled the most wins by a Cincinnati lefthander since 1925. He quickly became a mainstay in the team's pitching rotation, leading the NL in games started four of the next five years. Browning pitched the twelfth perfect game in major league history on September 16, 1988, against the Los Angeles Dodgers, just the third perfect game by a lefthander; it was the highlight of a season in which he was 18–5, posting the league's second-highest winning percentage. He helped the Reds to a sweep in the 1990 World Series, winning Game 3 against the defending champion Oakland Athletics. In 1991, his last full season, Browning was named to the NL All-Star team.
1960Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States[†]
Elena Kagan is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourth woman to serve on the Court.
1960Phil King, English bass player[†]
Philip Peter King is an English musician perhaps best known for being the bassist of Lush. From 2007 to 2015 he was the touring bass/rhythm guitar player for The Jesus and Mary Chain having previously toured with the group from 1997 to 1998.
1960Ian Rankin, Scottish author[†]
Sir Ian James Rankin is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
1960Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (died 1993)[†]
Jón Páll Sigmarsson was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times and the first and only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times.
1960Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager[†]
Walter Zenga is an Italian professional football manager and former player, currently club manager at Serie C club Siracusa.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]