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WARSAW, Nov. 2 -- Mark Twain's sardonic comments on man and his works were spun out before appreciative Polish audiences today.
Times (Egan) survey of NYC sees Dems hopeful of 800,000 margin for Kennedy and optimistic on Queens, Repubs counting on Upstate vote
UN Asian-African bloc drafts resolution on freedom of territories milder than Khrushchev's calling for immediate independence
US officials surprised, say missiles can be used without consultation; stress Holy Loch will not be 'fixed advance base,' hold such base not essential to Polaris operation; rept submarines will be in Brit waters only for refit periods
Mitropoulos, Dimitri
1960Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player, coach, and sportscaster[†]
Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly is an American volleyball player, coach, and broadcast announcer. He was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He went on to win the gold medal again at the 1996 Olympic Games, the first Olympic competition to feature beach volleyball. He is the only player to have won Olympic medals of any color in both the indoor and beach volleyball categories. He played college volleyball for the UCLA Bruins, where his teams won three national championships under head coach Al Scates. Kiraly is widely regarded as the greatest male volleyball player of all time.
1960Ian McNabb, English singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Robert Ian McNabb is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Previously the frontman of the Icicle Works, McNabb has since embarked on a solo career and performed with Ringo Starr, Neil Young/Crazy Horse, Mike Scott, and Danny Thompson of folk band Pentangle.
1960Paul Willis, American actor and director (born 1901)[†]
Paul Gregory Willis was an American actor of the silent film era.
1960The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.[†]
The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Established in 1960, it is among what has grown to be 806 refuges in the United States National Wildlife Refuge System.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]