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February 27, 1961

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Historical Context for February 27, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]

Notable Births

James Worthy

1961James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]

James Ager Worthy is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Game James", he played his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Worthy was a seven-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Team member who won three NBA championships and was voted the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1988. He was named to both the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams.

Historical Events

Spanish Syndical Organization

1961The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.[†]

The Spanish Syndical Organization, popularly known in Spain as the Sindicato Vertical, was the sole legal trade union for most of the Francoist dictatorship. A public-law entity created in 1940, the vertically-structured OSE was a core part of the project for frameworking the Economy and the State in Francoist Spain, following the trend of the new type of "harmonicist" and corporatist understanding of labour relations vouching for worker–employer collaboration developed in totalitarian regimes such as those of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in the first half of the 20th century. Up until the early 1950s, it internally worked—at least on a rhetorical basis—according to the discourse of national syndicalism. Previous unions, like the anarchist CNT and the socialist UGT, were outlawed and driven underground, and joining the OSE was mandatory for all employed citizens. It was disbanded in 1977.

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3 JUDGES CHOSEN IN EICHMANN CASE; One Presided in 1955 Trial Involving Accused Nazi 3 JUDGES CHOSEN IN EICHMANN CASE

By Lawrence Fellows Special To the New York Times

trial ct named: Dist Ct Judges Halevi and Raveh and Sup Ct Justice Landau; all are Ger refugees; Landau to be presiding judge; Halevi apptmt of self stirs dispute since he was judge in '55 trial of Dr Kastner, accused of collaborating with Nazis; Kastner case and his alleged deal with Eichmann on Hungarian Jews revd

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Wagner Bid for New Term Urged in Fight on De Sapio; WAGNER IS URGED TO GIVE HIS PLANS

By Clayton Knowles

various leaders urge Wagner to announce for re-election to speed De Sapio ouster; see withdrawal from pol plunging party into bitter primary in which no new leader could survive; Wagner talking with dist leaders from both factions in effort to form coalition against Desapio; DeSapio charges Ryan sought Tammany patronage for Riverside Dems even while club was fighting Tammany leadership, radio int; Ryan replies

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