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Dillon links recent OAS decisions with Inter-Amer Econ Conf task of aiding econ and soc stability
Kalonji volunteers enter Kasai; illus; Kasai casualties at 1,000, with 300 dead; map
W F Schnitzler calls for organizing drive, Labor Day message
Krock on possibility anti-Cath drive may backfire and help Kennedy by uniting Northern RCs for him
NY World's Fair of '64 com
1960Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter[†]
Kim Anand Thayil is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he co-founded with singer Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Cornell and Thayil remained as the original members of the band until Cornell's death in 2017, and the band's subsequent split in 2018. Thayil was named the 100th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2010, and the 67th greatest guitarist of all time by SPIN in 2012. Thayil has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden.
1960Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician[†]
Shailesh Lakhman Vara is a Ugandan-British Conservative former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire from 2005 until 2024. He also served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022.
1960Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. A member of the Wayans family of entertainers, Damon performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a brief stint on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. He later joined his family on Fox's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990–1992), and wrote and performed on his own animated series Waynehead (1996–1997) and live-action series Damon (1998). Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Mo' Money, The Last Boy Scout, Major Payne, Bulletproof, and the sitcoms My Wife and Kids and Poppa's House, the latter featuring his son Damon Wayans Jr. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the Fox television series Lethal Weapon.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]