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June 7, 1960

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Headlines from June 7, 1960

POPULATION LOSS OF 200,000 IN CITY NOTED SINCE 1957; Dip Equals 1.8%, and 3% From 1950 Census -- Trend to Suburbs Continues EFFECTS HELD SERIOUS Drop Will Mean Less State and U.S. Aid and Fewer Seats in Legislatures TREND TO SUBURBS FOUND CONTINUING While Loss Here Is Less Than Elsewhere, Effects for City Are Serious

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Census Bur regional field dir Young repts '60 census shows 200,000 population drop since '57 special census to 7,650,000; says drop since '50 is 3%, loss concentrated in Manhattan; says loss is slight compared with other large cities with competing suburbs; repts rechecks under way in 300 enumeration areas; sees 25,000-50,000 added but says total cannot top 7,720,000; details

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Notable Births

Bill Prady

1960Bill Prady, American screenwriter and producer[โ€ ]

William Scott Prady is an American television writer and producer known for co-creating and producing The Big Bang Theory (2007โ€“2019) and The Muppets (2015โ€“2016). He also served as an executive producer on Dharma & Greg (1997โ€“2002), Good Morning, Miami (2003), and Gilmore Girls (2004โ€“2005).

Historical Context for June 7, 1960

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