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May 20, 1960

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Headlines from May 20, 1960

5,000 MARCH HERE AFTER ATOM RALLY; Go Through Times Square to U.N. to Pray for Peace 5,000 MARCH HERE AFTER ATOM RALLY Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy Stages Rally at Garden and March for Peace I

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17,000 attend Sane Nuclear Policy Com rally, NYC; Mrs Roosevelt, Dr H Taylor co-chmn; A M Landon, Gov Williams, N Cousins, others s; A E Stevenson message; petition circulated asking continuation of Geneva talks; N Thomas, W P Reuther, Rabbi Goldstein lead march on UN; illus

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Notable Births

Tony Goldwyn

1960Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director[โ€ ]

Anthony Howard Goldwyn is an American actor, singer, producer, director, and political activist. He made his debut appearing as Darren in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), and had his breakthrough for starring as Carl Bruner in the fantasy thriller film Ghost (1990), which earned him a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to star as Harold Nixon in the biographical film Nixon (1995), which earned him a SAG Award nomination, and as Neil Armstrong in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998).

Historical Context for May 20, 1960

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