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Central Pk Festival Theatre: G T Delacorte gives NYC $150,000 to make up difference between $225,000 cost estimate and low bid; theatre will be showcase for enlarged pk entertainment program and NY Shakespeare Festival
Kennedy backs enlargement, press conf; showdown delayed; Rayburn seen lacking votes; HR members under heavy pressure from both sides
Kennedy Adm seen making few changes in Eisenhower budget; Bell orders all agencies to limit budget amendments to areas in which Kennedy wants to make major changes; directive issued after conf with Kennedy, Dillon, Heller
1st Deputy Controller Cohen puts fiscal '62 debt-service requirements at $445,441,280, $520,399 below present allowance, budget hearing
ship found in Atlantic by USN plane after being sighted by Danish freighter; Galvao rejects pilot's request to return to San Juan; says ship is bound for Angola; repts all passengers well; ship's course traced; map; Portuguese frigate leaves Lisbon to join search
1961Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Wayne Douglas Gretzky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One", he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by the NHL based on surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading career point scorer and assist producer in NHL history and has more assists than any other player has total career points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, Gretzky tallied over 100 points in 15 professional seasons. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 All-Star records.
1961Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Carl Thomas Keifer is an American musician. He is the lead singer, primary songwriter, and one of the guitarists for the hard rock band Cinderella.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]