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86th birthday; lunches with family; visited by Field Marshal Montgomery; wife illus accepting bouquet from children; tribute, Commons
Kennedy sets confs with persons who have figured in speculation
Govt charges Dominican Repub prepares attack against Betancourt regime, OAS Council emergency meeting; Dr Himiob charges Venezuelan ex-officers are being armed; asks probe; charges denied by Amb Diaz Ordonez; speculation on Betancourt aims
3-judge Fed ct (Rives, Christenberry and Wright) refuses to suspend desegregation; enjoins state and local officials, including Legis and Davis, from further interference, voids Interposition Act and nullifies Legislature's ouster of School Bd and assertion of control over schools; Gremillion sees appeal; Redmond, other educators reactions; segregationists harry whites attending desegregated ps; legislators give own funds for co-op classes for whites boycotting schools; House gets 2 bills for grants-in-aid to parents of those who would send children to private schools
1960Carol Alt, American model and actress[†]
Carol Ann Alt is an American model and actress.
1960Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic[†]
Shirin M. Rai, is an interdisciplinary scholar who works across the political science and international relations boundaries. She is known for her research on the intersections between international political economy, globalisation, post-colonial governance, institutions and processes of democratisation and gender regimes. She was a professor of politics and international studies at the University of Warwick, and is the founding director of Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development (WICID).
1960Jane Turner, Australian actress and producer[†]
Jane Turner is an Australian actress, comedian and Logie Award-winning comedy series creator and screenwriter. She is widely known for her role as Kath in the TV sitcom Kath and Kim.
1960Patrice Lumumba is arrested by Mobutu Sese Seko's men on the banks of the Sankuru River, for inciting the army to rebellion.[†]
Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election. He was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]