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November 21, 1960

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Headlines from November 21, 1960

IKEDA PARTY WINS A SOLID MAJORITY IN JAPAN'S VOTING; Pro-U.S. Conservatives Get at Least 281 of the 467 Seats in the New House SOCIALISTS SHOW GAIN Leftists Made Campaign on Neutralism Policy--Three Communists Are Elected IKEDA PARTY WINS IN JAPAN'S VOTING

By Robert Trumbullspecial To the New York Times

Ikeda Liberal Dem party wins majority of House seats; Socialists gain; new Dem Socialist party makes poor showing; Communist member Y Shiga, Dem Socialist chmn S Nishi and other prominent Socialists re-elected; Mrs Asanuma wins late husband's seat

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Notable Births

1960Mark Bailey, English rugby player, author, and educator[†]

Mark David Bailey, is a British academic, headteacher and former rugby union player. Since 2020, he has been Professor of Later Medieval History at the University of East Anglia. In 2019, he delivered the James Ford Lectures in British History at Oxford University, which were later published as a book, After the Black Death: Economy, society, and the law in fourteenth-century England.

Brian McNamara

1960Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer[†]

Brian McNamara is an American actor. His first major role was in the film The Flamingo Kid (1984). He then went on to appear in a few films, such as Short Circuit (1986), Caddyshack II (1988), Arachnophobia (1990) and Mystery Date (1991).

Brian Ritchie

1960Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter[†]

Brian Ritchie is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes. Ritchie was born and raised in the United States and is currently a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia, with his full-time residence in Australia.

Historical Context for November 21, 1960

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