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with Premier Lumumba, wires Premier Khrushchev for possible USSR aid in Congolese crisis
In Los Angeles; confs with Negro leaders
Ecuador and Argentina offer formula under which UN Security Council would refer Cuban charges against US to OAS
Eisenhower Adm reptdly weighs asking Cong for at least $500 million for new aid program; other plans
Reply to Congolese leaders appeal for aid in independence struggle, threatening USSR intervention unless West keeps hands off Congo
1960Terry Pendleton, American baseball player and coach[†]
Terry Lee Pendleton is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves, but he also spent time with the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Kansas City Royals. After his playing career, he became a coach for the Braves. Pendleton holds the record for most World Series appearances without a championship win, alongside Rube Marquard and Fred Merkle, with 5 during his 15-year career.
1960Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (born 1881)[†]
Albert Kesselring was a German military officer and convicted war criminal who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. In a career which spanned both world wars, Kesselring reached the rank of the Generalfeldmarschall and became one of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated commanders.
1960John P. Marquand, American author (born 1893)[†]
John Phillips Marquand was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for The Late George Apley in 1938. One of his abiding themes was the confining nature of life in America's upper class and among those who aspired to join it. Marquand treated those whose lives were bound by these unwritten codes with a characteristic mix of respect and satire.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]