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LONDON, Aug. 12 -- An emergency airlift started tonight to fly home more than 2,000 American tourists stranded by a growing strike of British seamen.
HR com decides against supports legis at current Cong session
Nixon absent from debate
US backs further test ban talks before deciding whether to conduct Vela series without USSR concurrence; acts after Eisenhower discusses issue with Natl Security Council
journalists assn purges 40 more newsmen, bringing total to 101
1960Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer[†]
Ivar Stukolkin is a retired Estonian swimmer. He is an Olympic champion in swimming.
1960The Central African Republic declares independence from France.[†]
The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west. Bangui is the country's capital and largest city, bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Central African Republic covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi). As of 2024, it has a population of 5,357,744, consisting of about 80 ethnic groups, and is in the scene of a civil war, which has been ongoing since 2012. Having been a French colony under the name Ubangi-Shari, French is the official language, with Sango, a Ngbandi-based creole language, as the national and co-official language.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]