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HARTFORD, Oct. 16 -- Vice President Nixon said today he was "scared to death" last night when he realized at Springfield, Ill., that a string of heavy floodlights might crash upon his head. As he was speaking at a rally in Springfield a Secret Service man suddenly interrupted him to warn about the lights.
3,000 reptd killed by cyclone and tidal wave, E Pakistan; Gov Azam Khan at scene directing relief; map
MOSCOW, Oct. 16 -- The Soviet Union has quietly begun to expand its aid to the Algerian rebels.
Article on Nkrumah's power and 1-man rule
1960Guy Henry, English actor[†]
Guy Henry is an English actor whose roles include Henrik Hanssen in Holby City, Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, Cassius in Rome and Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One.
1960Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer[†]
Robert Doyle Marshall Jr. is an American film and theater director, producer, and choreographer. He is best known for directing the film version of the Broadway musical Chicago, which was based on the play of the same name by playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins. His work on the film earned him the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. He also directed the films Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns, and the Disney live-action remake The Little Mermaid.
1960Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (died 2013)[†]
Bernadette Therese Doneathy was an Irish actress, singer and television personality, formerly lead vocalist of the girl group the Nolans. She was the second youngest of sisters Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda and Coleen. From the age of two, Bernie was brought up in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
1960Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic[†]
Philippe Joseph Sands, KC FRSL Hon FBA is a British and French writer and lawyer at 11 King's Bench Walk and Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. A specialist in international law, he appears as counsel and advocate before many international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]