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Sec McNamara queries system feasibility, Sen com
special election; Tower, conservative Repub, draws 100,000 more votes than nearest opponent, Blakley, in 64-candidate race; vote for other major contenders noted; ex-Vice Pres Nixon congratulates Tower
Econ Advisors Council chmn Heller sees 10 million 'liberated' from jobs by automation, '60-65
Tshombe, angered by failure of his troops to take over Elisabethville airport from UN troops, issues ultimatum for UN withdrawal under threat of attack; reaches accord with UN for joint control too late to avert violence; thousands of Africans run wild in Elisabethville and suburbs, attack airport; Tshombe troops help UN soldiers defend airport; UN flag torn, other violence; 30 UN soldiers reptdly held by Katanga troops
NYC Estimate Bd to make $24 million in aid available to Fair sponsors in permanent improvements on fair grounds; Fair Corp pledges to reimburse city out of profits
1961Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker and actress[†]
Andrea Patricia Arnold OBE is an English filmmaker and former actress. She won an Academy Award for her short film Wasp in 2005. Her feature films include Red Road (2006), Fish Tank (2009) and American Honey (2016), all of which have won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, while her first documentary feature Cow premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
1961Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian soprano[†]
Anna Caterina Antonacci is an Italian soprano known for roles in the bel canto and Baroque repertories. She performed as a mezzo-soprano for several years, particularly performing the Rossini canon.
1961Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini-Danish human rights activist[†]
Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail al-Khawaja is a Bahraini political activist. On 22 June 2011, al-Khawaja and eight others were sentenced to life imprisonment following the suppression of pro-democracy protests against the Bahraini government. Al-Khawaja has previously gone on a series of hunger strikes while serving his life sentence, in protest of the political conditions in Bahrain.
1961Lisa Zane, American actress and singer[†]
Lisa Zane is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.
1961Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (born 1908)[†]
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kryukov was a Russian composer active in the Soviet era.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]