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US State Dept studies Khrushchev new avowal of 'hope' for talks; Asst Sec Kohler briefs Latin Amer Ambs on Western position
Rockefeller, Lefkowitz aides charge V P Battista offered to withdraw as ind candidate for Mayor in return for Boro Pres nomination
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USSR warns Western Big-3 ail foreign citizens entering E Berlin or E Ger must make arrangement with E Ger; scores provocations by Western troops in W Berlin; disputes claims of 4-power control
1961Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[â ]
Mylène Jeanne Gautier, known professionally as Mylène Farmer, is a French singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 30 million records worldwide, she is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France, where she holds the record for the most number one hit singles, with twenty-one â eight of which were consecutive.
1961Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (born 1898)[â ]
Carl Heinrich Hermann, or Carl Hermann German: [kaĘl ËhÉĘman], was a German physicist and crystallographer known for his research in crystallographic symmetry, nomenclature, and mathematical crystallography in N-dimensional spaces. Hermann was a pioneer in crystallographic databases and, along with Paul Peter Ewald, published the first volume of the influential Strukturbericht in 1931.
1961The African and Malagasy Union is founded.[â ]
The African and Malagasy Union (AMU) was an intergovernmental organization created to promote cooperation among newly independent states in Francophone Africa. The organization derives its name from the name of the continent of Africa and from the former Malagasy Republic, now Madagascar. The organization disbanded in 1985.
1961Air France Flight 2005 crashes near RabatâSalĂŠ Airport, in Rabat, Morocco, killing 77 people.[â ]
Air France Flight 2005 of 12 September 1961 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris-Orly Airport to Casablanca Airport with a stop at Rabat-SalĂŠ Airport. The Sud Aviation Caravelle aircraft crashed that day at 21:09 GMT near a place called Douar Doum 8.4 kilometres from the threshold of runway 04 and 1.4 kilometres to the left of the extended centreline at a height of 87.5 metres (287Â ft) above sea level, killing all 77 people on board, including 6 crew members. The weather was foggy and unfavourable for landing.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[â ]