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In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]
1960Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian canoeist[†]
Ivans Klementjevs is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union.
1960Elizabeth Perkins, American actress[†]
Elizabeth Perkins is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films including About Last Night (1986), From the Hip (1987), Big (1988), Enid Is Sleeping (1990), The Flintstones (1994), Moonlight and Valentino (1995), The Ring Two (2005) and Hop (2011). She is also well known for her role as Celia Hodes in the Showtime TV series Weeds, for which she received three Primetime Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations.
1960Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Yeşim Ustaoğlu is a Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter.
1960Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter[†]
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer. She first gained success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at no. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK no. 2 hit with a reworked version of the Supremes' song "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles that charted within the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. Her other hits include "Chequered Love" (1981), "You Came" (1988) and "Never Trust a Stranger" (1988). In 2003, she collaborated with Nena on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", which topped the Dutch and Austrian charts.
Sec Brucker promises effort to ease impact on Army
Eisenhower orders US naval units to patrol Caribbean waters and shoot if necessary to bar any Communist-led invasion attempts; move follows written request by Govt; alleged Cuban role in recent revolt linked; map; illus
Kennedy says Johnson will help carry out platform; statement seen reply to conservatives who claim close election is not mandate and Johnson should help compromise pledges
pres Bliss on plan to offer free opera in pub schools, s, YMCA dinner
5-story tenement, E 34th St, NYC, on edge of excavation collapses; illus; residents flee safely
plans to send goodwill missions to N Vietnam and Communist China; move stems from peace talks with Pathet Lao; Ouane Rathikone reptdly defects to Right-Wing faction; Souvanna Phouma cautious in comment; map
Kennedy reptdly will by-pass NYS Dem leaders Prendergast and DeSapio in distributing NYS patronage; seen consulting NYS Dem HR members; move would put Reprs Buckley and Keogh in key roles; factors for move, pol implications noted
Eisenhower move denounced by Cuban press and radio as threat to world peace, as 1st step in US plan to invade Cuba and as effort to preserve Ydigoras 'dictatorship,'
negotiations toward normalization of ties between Govt and RC Ch seen in wake of recent exch of memos; Ch reptdly would recognize validity of Const as basis for understanding; Pope reptdly weighs apptg Apostolic Delegate
Kasavubu rejects admitting UN conciliation com to Congo unless his delegation is seated, news conf, UN
Bd asks Wright to suspend desegregation order pending settlement of Fed-state dispute over ' interposition'; cites Legis pressures and fiscal crisis; 200 held for vandalism, other incidents; illus; 1/3 of white pupils absent from integrated ps; Legis studies bill to bar police from helping enforce desegregation orders; Davis, others urge end of violence; Legis takes econ steps against Bd; asks Pres-elect Kennedy for opinion on Fed cts restraining Legislatures; warns businessmen against dealing with Bd
Hagerty to succeed Daly, to be apptd in '61; comment