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3 Little Rock TV stations carry final appearances of candidates in Dem primary, disregard Repub Natl Conv; FCC gets complaint, asks explanation
platform com makes 4 revisions sought by Rockefeller and Nixon and approved by Eisenhower
Eisenhower challenges USSR to world-wide UN-sponsored plebiscite on whether people want to live under communism or democracy, s, Repub conv; says vote would settle issue whether US or USSR prestige is higher
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., July 26 -- The Soviet Union vetoed tonight a United States resolution calling for an impartial investigation of the destruction of a United States RB-47 plane by a Soviet fighter over the Barents Sea July 1.
6 Africans killed, over 120 wounded in clashes with police and troops, Bulawayo; 320 held; illus; 1st shooting of Africans by police since 1896; workers still on strike; many say they were prevented from returning by intimidation; Whitehead blames Natl Dem party for violence; Mawema charges Africans have no way to express grievances
1960Jo Durie, English tennis player and sportscaster[†]
Joanna Mary Durie is a former world No. 5 tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she also reached No. 9 in doubles, and won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles with Jeremy Bates.
1960Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2018)[†]
Conway Victor Savage was an Australian rock musician. He was a member of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, providing piano, organ & backing vocals from 1990 to 2017.
1960Emily Thornberry, English lawyer and politician[†]
Dame Emily Anne Thornberry, Lady Nugee, is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. She served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021 until the 2024 UK general election, and previously from 2011 to 2014. Thornberry has also served in a number of other senior positions on Labour's front bench, namely as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2020, Shadow First Secretary of State from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade from 2020 to 2021.
1960Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (born 1890)[†]
Julie Marie Vinter Hansen was a Danish astronomer. She is the first woman to be obtain a scientific degree in astronomy in Denmark.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]