1960Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Ronald Everett Flockhart is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is the brother of Rob Flockhart.
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In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]
1960Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Ronald Everett Flockhart is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is the brother of Rob Flockhart.
1960Eric Martin, American singer-songwriter[†]
Eric Lee Martin is an American rock singer who was active throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, both as solo artist and as a member of various bands. He rose to prominence as the frontman for the hard rock band Mr. Big, which scored a big hit in the early 1990s with "To Be with You", a song that Martin wrote during his teen years.
1960Russell Slade, English football manager[†]
Russell Mark Slade is an English former professional football manager and coach.
1960Paul Thiebaud, American art dealer (died 2010)[†]
Paul LeBaron Thiebaud was an American art dealer who owned two influential galleries, one in New York City and the other in San Francisco. He exhibited the work of a host of lesser-known artists whom he felt it was his role to bring to a wider public audience, in addition to the work of his father, the noted pop painter Wayne Thiebaud.
1960Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Simon Townshend is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of the Who's guitarist Pete Townshend, and is most associated with The Who and the various side projects of its original members. Simon Townshend has also performed with numerous other acts including Pearl Jam, Dave Grohl and Jeff Beck.
bomb explodes on 40th St and 5th Av outside NY Pub Library; no injuries, some damage; police map plans to avert further incidents in pub places
Khrushchev insists USSR will not start war, hopes only for good relations with US, int on TV program Open End; rejects Eisenhower idea of referendum on self-determination
Kennedy opposes resumption now, lr to Murray
WNTA-TV inserts spot announcements praising Radio Free Eur during USSR Premier Khrushchev int on program Open End; hundreds protest
Health Dept plans strict controls on clinical labs to bar worthless med tests and unethical procedures; revised rules being prepared; probe under way; 3 labs already closed; unethical procedures detailed; Labs Bur head Schaeffer comments
Lumumba tours Leopoldville bars announcing he will take over power; hailed by crowds; Kasavubu declares 2 Ghana officials persona non grata
recommendations; 10-point program stresses able Sec rather than drastic State Dept revision; urges improved foreign service and responsible Cong
Kan wheat farmers
Glenn, Howard
Prendergast, Morhouse cheered by Nassau County regis gains
Pittsburgh wins 4th game, 3-2
Nehru, citing similarities between US and USSR, says USSR will 'tone down' and not conquer world, informal talk with students after NYC TV int