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Two sophomores combined for 46 points and carried Columbia to its second victory in two games last night. The Lions defeated the University of Baltimore, 82 -- 71, at University Hall.
1960Anders Eldebrink, Swedish ice hockey player and coach[†]
Anders Karl Daniel Eldebrink is a Swedish former ice hockey defenceman who played in the SEL in the 1970s and 1980s. He also played 165 games for the Swedish national team.
1960French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.[†]
French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted until the end of the Algerian War which resulted in Algeria's gaining independence on 5 July 1962.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]