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June 23, 1960

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Historical Context for June 23, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people^[†]

Notable Births

1960Donald Harrison, American saxophonist, composer, and producer^[†]

Donald Harrison Jr. is an American jazz saxophonist and the Big Chief of The Congo Square Nation Afro-New Orleans Cultural Group from New Orleans, Louisiana.

1960Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese composer and programmer^[†]

Zero Wing is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Toaplan for arcades. It was released in Japan by Namco in 1989 and North America by Williams Electronics. Controlling the ZIG space fighter craft, players assume the role of protagonist Trent in a last-ditch effort to overthrow the alien space pirate organization CATS. It was the eighth shoot 'em up game from Toaplan, and their fourteenth video game overall.

Historical Events

1960The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.^[†]

The United States Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, caffeine products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products.

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WAGE BILL VOTED BY SENATE PANEL; Sets $1.25 Minimum and Covers 5 Million More WAGE BILL VOTED BY SENATE PANEL

By Special to The New York Times

approves bill to raise minimum and to cover 5 million more

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MAYOR ORGANIZES 'CRITICAL' BATTLE ON YOUTH CRIMES; Warns That This Summer Is Potentially More Explosive Than Previous Years CITES DELINQUENCY RISE Asks Aides and Civic Chiefs to Help Curb Violence -- $250,000 Is Voted Mayor Acts to Cut Delinquency, Seen as 'Critical' This Summer

By Paul Crowell

TV Rept to People detailing plans to meet threat of youth-crime wave during summer

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CREDO IS FLEXIBLE, KHRUSHCHEV SAYS; Four East European Chiefs Back His Coexistence Line Against Chinese Reds Khrushchev Affirms Flexibility Of Classical Communist Credo

By Paul Underwoodspecial To the New York Times

Khrushchev, holding sane of Lenin's theses outdated, derides adherents of view of inevitability of war until communism triumphs everywhere, s, Rumanian cong; coexistence policy backed by E Eur leaders Novotny (Czech), Kadar (Hungary), Zhivkov (Bulgaria) and Ulbricht (E Ger); Chinese repr Peng Chen backs 'USSR' fight against Amer aggression,' s

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Herter Backs Cuban Sugar Cut; House Group Battles Over Move; HERTER SUPPORTS CUBAN SUGAR CUT

By Special to The New York Times

Herter backs move, HR com; Cooley sees com approval; Repr W E Miller (Repub) charges Dem program is pro-Castro, Repub program anti-Castro; charge brings Dem and Repub outburst

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SOVIET SAYS WEST BALKS ARMS TALKS; Reds Believed Hinting They May Break Off Parley SOVIET SAYS WEST BALKS ARMS TALKS

By A.m. Rosenthalspecial To the New York Times

USSR bloc reprs at 10-nation conf charge West stalls or plots talks failure; hint they may break off talks; session suspended because no one wants to speak; 3-power conf discusses tech issues of tests ban

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School Kill Blocked in House; Committee Vote Stuns Backers; HELP FOR SCHOOLS BLOCKED IN HOUSE

By Tom Wickerspecial To the New York Times

HR Rules Com, 7-5, opposes letting HR join conf with Sen on Fed aid bill; backers of bill in both parties stunned; Thompson says vote shows Repubs repudiate Nixon

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UNGAR SAYS JACK URGED FAKE STORY; Testifies He Told Worried Official to See 'Carmine or Friends on 50th St.' UNGAR SAYS JACK URGED FAKE STORY

By Russell Porter

Ungar testifies Jack urged him to persuade Bechtel to lie to grand jury after Bechtel reneged on 'table money' story and told Dist Atty that Ungar had paid him; Ungar says he advised Jack to contact 'Carmine or your friends on 50th St'; Jack atty Baker says he may have meant C DeSapio and St Patrick's Cathedral; Ungar reveals Bechtel wanted R M Cohn as counsel; says Bechtel demanded $1,100 at Dec 10 meeting, said he was offered $5,000 by NY Post for story; says he paid Bechtel $200 and pledged balance, Bechtel then agreed to 'table money' story

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LAST STEP RUSHED; Copy Already Signed by the President Is Delivered in Tokyo 90-2 SENATE VOTE APPROVES TREATY

By William J. Jordenspecial To the New York Times

US Sen, 90-2, ratifies treaty; instruments of ratification exchd in Tokyo; US State Dept explains copy signed by Pres was sent to Tokyo in advance; text; Johnson comments on treaty; Long, in prior debate, details objections

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