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rebel force reptdly lands near Borocoa, Oriente; rebel activities, arms shipments, defections from Army, skirmishes reptd from various areas, Oriente and Escambray Mts; official confirmation lacking
Sholokhov, M: Harvest on the Don
HLBB acts to add over $1 billion in home bldg credit; widens lending powers of savings and loan assns, lowers down payments on houses costing $18,000-$20,000, offers bond-financed 5-yr loans to savings and loan groups and raises amt they can borrow from Home Loan banks
87,000 jobless, Conn
1961Justin Fashanu, English footballer (died 1998)[†]
Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out publicly later in his career, becoming the first professional footballer to be openly gay. He was also one of the first footballers to command a £1 million transfer fee, with his transfer from Norwich City to Nottingham Forest in 1981, and had varying levels of success as a player afterwards, until he retired in 1997.
1961Ernie Gonzalez, American golfer (died 2020)[†]
Ernie Gonzalez was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s. He won the only title of his career in 1986. By doing so, he became only the third left-handed golfer to win a Tour event.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]