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Amb Lodge asks 'Question of Hungary' be included on UN Assembly agenda, lr to Sec Gen Hammarskjold; recalls USSR and Hungary still bar Munro as UN repr
issue may delay Cong adjournment; 3 plans revd
repts Amer Gas Assn and 9 large corps file applications for maximum exhibition space; says unexpected demand necessitates cutting maximum allotment to each exhibitor from 2 acres to a little more than 1; LI Assn exhibition plans
Min Gromyko demands UN Assembly debate on incident
dogs flown to Moscow; reptd frisky and in perfect condition; Pravda hails feat; pub photos of dogs taken during flight; illus; no details on space ship operation pub; Moscow radio holds feat shows US lag
1960Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager[†]
Holger Andreas Gehrke is a former professional German football player and manager.
1960Collin Raye, American country music singer[†]
Floyd Elliot Wray, known professionally as Collin Raye and previously as Bubba Wray, is an American country music singer. He initially recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987. He made his solo debut in 1991 as Collin Raye with the album All I Can Be, which produced his first Number One hit in "Love, Me". All I Can Be was the first of four consecutive albums released by Raye to achieve platinum certification in the United States for sales of one million copies each. Raye maintained several Top Ten hits throughout the rest of the decade and into 2000. 2001's Can't Back Down was his first album that did not produce a Top 40 country hit, and he was dropped by his record label soon afterward. He did not record another studio album until 2005's Twenty Years and Change, released on an independent label.
1960Regina Taylor, American actress and playwright[†]
Regina Taylor is an American actress and playwright. She has won several awards throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and NAACP Image Award. In July 2017, Taylor was announced as the new Denzel Washington Endowed Chair in Theater at Fordham University.
1960Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1897)[†]
Johannes Sikkar was the first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]