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EUGENE, Ore., July 9 -- Rafer Johnson smashed the world decathlon record today with a sensational series of performances that won the National Amateur Athletic Union title and put him on the United States Olympic team.
INGLBWOOD, Calif., July 9 -- Tempestuous, a colt claimed by Mathew Dragna for $15,000, closed with a powerful rush today to capture the $114,800 Hollywood Derby by nearly two lengths.
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Despite the Congressional recess and shift of political activity to California, Washington will be far from somnolent this week. Beginning tomorrow the nation's capital will be enlivened by a major renewal of the great 'ebate over trade and tarriff policies.
1960Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper and rapist (died 2013)[†]
Between 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus from the roads of Cleveland, Ohio, and later held them captive in his home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in the city's Tremont neighborhood. All three women were imprisoned at Castro's home until 2013, when Berry successfully escaped with her six-year-old daughter, to whom she had given birth while captive, and contacted the police. Police rescued Knight and DeJesus, and arrested Castro hours later.
1960Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (born 1876)[†]
Sæbjørn Buttedahl was a Norwegian stage and film actor who later found prominence as a sculptor.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]