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October 25, 1960

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Headlines from October 25, 1960

BRITON TELLS U.N. SOVIET ARMS PLAN IMPERILS EUROPE; Rejects Bid for Dismantling Bases as 'Crippling' Small Nations' Protection BRITAIN REJECTS SOVIET ARMS BID

By Lindesay Parrottspecial To the New York Times

Ormsby-Gore holds USSR plan, calling for foreign bases abolition in 1st stage, would leave small nations unprotected against potential Communist aggression, Assembly com; insists on controls; backs tech studies; Zorin denies Khrushchev accepted and then rejected controls; Poland offers resolution for Assembly special session on nuclear tests ban unless Geneva conf has reached accord by Apr 1

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Notable Births

Hong Sang-soo

1960Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter[โ€ ]

Hong Sang-soo is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. An acclaimed and prolific filmmaker, Hong is known for his slow-paced films about love affairs and everyday dilemmas in contemporary South Korea.

Notable Deaths

Harry Ferguson

1960Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (born 1884)[โ€ ]

Henry George Ferguson was an Irish mechanic and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor and its three-point linkage system, for being the first person in Ireland to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99.

Historical Context for October 25, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[โ€ ]