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Prof Gray orders Hickory Clothes pres Meilman to reopen NYC plant and pay ACWA over $200,000 in damages for having moved to Mississippi; orders him to 'cease and desist' operating plant outside NYC; Potofsky comments
conv nominating session; McCarthy nominating s sets off wildest demonstration of conv; illus; Stevenson backers from outside conv storm floor, many gaining entry by ruse; delegates unmoved; Butler calls demonstrations proof conv is not rigged; Stevenson comments; film stars join floor demonstration; NYS delegates refuse to let Lehman enter NYS standard in demonstration; Wagner intervenes on his behalf
Stabbed in thigh by assassin T Aramaki during reception at his home, Tokyo; condition not serious; por
recd 23 votes, tabulation
Curran group ends tour
1960Anna Bligh, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland[†]
Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian lobbyist and former politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Queensland Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either position. In 2017, she was appointed CEO of the Australian Banking Association.
1960Kyle Gass, American musician, comedian, and actor[†]
Kyle Richard Gass is an American musician and actor, best known for being a member of Tenacious D, a Grammy-winning comedy band. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band.
1960Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and actress[†]
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress and activist noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and is a 2023 Polar Music Prize laureate. She holds the Guinness World Record for the most global music album awards won at the Grammys.
1960Jane Lynch, American actress (Glee), comedian, author, and game show host[†]
Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Known for playing starring and recurring roles in comedic television, her accolades include one Golden Globe, five Primetime Emmys and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2013, Lynch received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1960Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild.[†]
Dame Jane Morris Goodall, formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist. She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, after 60 years' studying the social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Goodall first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to observe its chimpanzees in 1960.
1960Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 ditches off Polillo Island in the Philippines, killing one person and injuring 44.[†]
The crash of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1–11 was an accident involving a Douglas DC-7C of the American airline Northwest Orient 8 km (5.0 mi) northeast off Polillo Island, Quezon, Philippines, on July 14, 1960. Of the 58 people on board, 57 survived with 44 suffering from minor injuries and one female passenger losing her life.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]