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USN hon Dr King who, with Dr Friedman, detected 1st A-bomb explosion, Aug '59, by collecting rainwater from sites around world; int
WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Supreme Court held today that Texas and Florida own the oil and other undersea resources ten and one-half statute miles from their shores into the Gulf of Mexico.
Repr Halleck slated to be permanent chmn; Govs Quinn, Hatfield, Underwood, Reprs Byrnes, Judd weighed for keynoter
satellite made to spin faster by firing 2 small exterior spin rockets on command from ground; delayed-firing feat hailed as a tech 1st; spin increased from about 9 to 12.85 rpm
Wagner Adm submits bill extending tax benefits 5 yrs for rehabilitated and modernized slum dwellings; bill would include rooming houses and single-room-occupancy dwellings converted to apts; exempts properties for 12 yrs from assessment rise, grants tax abatement on 75% of cost of improvements spread over 9 yrs; benefits denied rent-controlled dwellings except those in urban renewal or conservation areas
1960Simon Gallup, English musician[†]
Simon Johnathon Gallup is an English musician who is best known as bassist for The Cure, which he first joined in 1979 and for which he has played through most of the band's history. Gallup is the second-longest-serving member of the band, after the vocalist and leader Robert Smith.
1960Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2012)[†]
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov, nicknamed "The Tank", was a Russian professional ice hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line. He is considered one of the best ice hockey wingers of the 1980s.
1960Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager[†]
Sergey Ivanovich Kuznetsov is a former Russian professional footballer.
1960Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs[†]
Giorgos Lillikas is a Cypriot politician. Following the election of Tassos Papadopoulos as president in 2003, Lillikas became minister of commerce and industry. He was subsequently the foreign minister from 2006 to 2007. He was an independent candidate at the 2013 Cypriot presidential election.
1960Lucy McBath, American politician[†]
Lucia Kay McBath is an American politician who has served in the United States House of Representatives from a district in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, since 2019. She represented Georgia's 6th congressional district from 2019 to 2023 and since 2025, and has represented the neighboring 7th district from 2023 to 2025. McBath is a member of the Democratic Party.
1960Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (died 2006)[†]
Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. Her career was on the rise, and she was widely touted as the next great gymnastics star until 1979, when she broke a leg and missed several competitions. The rushed recovery from that injury, combined with pressure to master a dangerous and difficult tumbling move caused her to break her neck two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics, leaving her permanently quadriplegic.
1960Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1883)[†]
Curtis Lester Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along with his brother Frank Patrick and father Joseph Patrick, he founded the PCHA and helped develop several rules for the game of hockey. Patrick won the Stanley Cup six times as a player, coach and manager.
1960Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (born 1896)[†]
Paula Hitler, also known as Paula Wolff and Paula Hitler-Wolff, was the younger sister of Adolf Hitler and the last child of Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]