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Kennedy's first 100 days in office, period he termed crucial, assessed; severe foreign policy setbacks recd despite promising start
$14-million P Moore Research and Development Center dedicated, Farmingdale, LI; stresses space science labs; illus
There has been an element of tragic irony in General Charles de Gaulle's role on the Algerian issue. His avowed mission is the restoration of France's greatness. Steeped in the military tradition, he is responsive to the feelings of wounded pride and frustration among the French army professionals that explain, in part at least, some of their political attitudes.
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 29 -- Three illustrious Olympic stars took back seats in the fifty-second Drake Relays today behind a small, but talented, Texas Southern squad that swept four relays and set two of the day's four meet records.
1961Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer[†]
Arnór Guðjohnsen is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent seven years with Belgian club Anderlecht and was the top scorer in the 1986–87 season. He is the father of striker Eiður Guðjohnsen and the grandfather of striker Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen. His younger son, also named Arnór, signed for Swansea City in July 2017, at the age of 16.
1961Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster[†]
Isiah Lord Thomas III, also known as "Zeke", is an American former professional basketball player who is head coach of the Saginaw Soul of the Basketball Super League, and also an analyst for NBA TV and Fox Sports. He played his entire professional career for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all-time, Thomas was a two-time NBA champion, an NBA Finals MVP recipient, a five-time All-NBA Team member, a 12-time NBA All-Star with two All-Star Game MVP awards and the 1985 NBA assist leader. He was named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams, and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. From 2000 to 2012 he coached the Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, and FIU.
1961K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.[†]
K-19 was the first submarine of the Project 658 class, the first generation of Soviet nuclear submarines equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles, specifically the R-13 SLBM. The boat was hastily built by the Soviets in response to United States' developments in nuclear submarines as part of the arms race. Before she was launched, 10 civilian workers and a sailor died due to accidents and fires. After K-19 was commissioned, the boat had multiple breakdowns and accidents, several of which threatened to sink the submarine.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]