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LUBBOCK, Tex., Nov. 19 -- Arkansas marched over Texas Tech, 34 -- 6, and into the Cotton Bowl today on the passing of George McKinney and the runs of Lance Alworth and Billy Moore.
Rise in housing starts foreseen; easier flow of mortgage money and bldg gain in Oct cited
Wagner College wrapped up its first perfect season in football yesterday by beating Upsala, 19 -- 14. It was Wagner's thirteenth straight victory over a two-season span.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19 -- Penn State's football team, stymied for forty-eight minutes by Pittsburgh's anthracite defense, scored twice in the last quarter today and defeated the Panthers, 14 -- 3.
1960Ye Jiangchuan, Chinese chess player[†]
Ye Jiangchuan is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the second Chinese player, after Ye Rongguang, to achieve the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1993. On 1 January 2000, he became the first ever Chinese player to cross the 2600 elo rating mark.
1960Ozell Jones, American basketball player (died 2006)[†]
Ozell "Hoppy" Jones III was an American professional basketball player. He was listed at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) and weighed 235 pounds (107 kg). Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, his family soon moved to Compton, California, and later to Long Beach, California, so that he could play high school basketball at Long Beach Polytechnic. Jones first played college basketball with the Wichita State University (1979–1981) and helped the "Shockers" reach the Elite 8 in his second year. He later transferred to Cal State Fullerton to play for the "Titans" in 1982–1984. He entered the 1984 NBA draft and was chosen in the fourth round by the San Antonio Spurs. On 24 October 1985, he was waived by the Spurs. He later signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers on March 31, 1986, but played in only three games. After his time in the NBA, he played overseas in Italy (1986–1987) then spent the rest of his professional career playing in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Cincinnati Slammers (1986–1987), Quad City Thunder (1987–1988), Tulsa Fast Breakers (1989–1990), Tri-City Chinook (1993–1994) and Oklahoma City Cavalry (1994–1995). Jones was selected to the All-CBA Second Team and All-Defensive Team in 1990. He also participated in the USBL with two spells for the Miami Tropics in 1987 and 1988. After retiring, he operated a big and tall men's clothing store in Lancaster, California.
1960Ya'akov Cahan, Israeli writer and translator (born 1881)[†]
Ya'akov Cahan or Kahan was an Israeli poet, playwright, translator, writer and Hebrew linguist.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]