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Dean recalled from Geneva for consultations; says he will return; McCloy and Zorin meet again
breakdown outside Penna Station stalls thousands of LIRR commuters during evening rush
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Investigation Comm opens hearing; chmn Sarachan charges inefficiency, poor adm and corruption resulted in unsafe conditions; Comrs Grumet and Lane see no evidence that Hogan was aware of alleged '58 fundraising; Hogan denies involvement; Gang and Bensley deny soliciting funds or asking others to do so; Radoslovich says Bensley, V F Lanza, M Warschauer and J Donnelly suggested certain architects be given comms or be considered for awards; recalls Donnelly 'dropped' name of P Bratti; says Warschauer cited Bratti as friend of C G DeSapio; various architects say they gave contributions to Radoslovich or Correale; J Okun charges Theobald went abroad without probing repts of hazardous conditions at PS 157, Bklyn; says Kaplan advised Wagner, July '59, that something should be done about 'moonlighting' by employes; Gilman denies permitting Weiss to serve as consultant for Tippetts
ILA orders 24-hr walkout, NY Port, to meet with striking unions; foreign shipping to be affected for 1st time
1961Manu Chao, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Manu Chao is a French-Spanish musician. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles. With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe. He became a solo artist after its breakup in 1995 and since then has toured regularly with his live band, Radio Bemba Sound System.
1961Sascha Konietzko, German keyboard player and producer[†]
Sascha Kegel Konietzko, also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is a German musician and record producer. He is the founder, frontman and "anchor" of the industrial band KMFDM. Konietzko jokingly purports himself to be the father of industrial rock. Keyboard Magazine wrote of him, "You won't find a more imaginative or effective keyboardist on the hard-core scene."
1961Joko Widodo, Indonesian businessman and politician, 7th President of Indonesia[†]
Joko Widodo, often known mononymously as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician, engineer, and businessman who served as the seventh president of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024. Previously a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was the country's first president not to emerge from the country's political or military elite. He previously served as governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014 and mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012.
1961Kip Winger, American rock singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Charles Frederick "Kip" Winger is an American singer and bassist who is active as a member of the rock band Winger and as a solo artist. He initially gained notability as a member of Alice Cooper's band, contributing bass to his Constrictor (1986) and Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987) albums.
1961Iztok Mlakar, Slovenian actor and singer-songwriter[†]
Iztok Mlakar is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and theatre actor. Styled as the "bard of the Slovenian Littoral", he is best known for his ironic chansons in the Littoral dialect of Slovene. Together with Adi Smolar, Mlakar is among the best-known singer-songwriters in Slovenia since 1990.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]