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Lefkowitz, Gerosa score Wagner on jobholders; Lefkowitz sees 'arrogant bossism' and holds Wagner 'conversion to pol reform' is fraud
co and union agree to extend contract indefinitely
tornadoes hit Galveston, Tex, and Hodge, La; map; kill 10; total death toll at 15; Carla moves toward Okla; Galveston and Tex City areas flooded; high tides, heavy rain hit Houston
Named pres of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts effective Jan 1; also named Center dir
rioting occurs as Govt opponents demonstrate on OAS com arrival; at least 2 dead; troops and tanks used to quell riot; Govt agents raid Natl Revolutionary Front hq; US fears threat to Balaguer regime from mil groups opposing policy of restoring pol freedoms; concerned over signs carried by demonstrators attacking Morrison, who once recd medal from late Gen Trujillo
1961Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
David Scott Mustaine is an American musician. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and for his time as the lead guitarist of Metallica. Mustaine has released sixteen studio albums with Megadeth, sold over 50 million records worldwide, with six albums platinum-certified, and won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2017 at the 59th Grammy Awards, for the title track of their fifteenth studio album, Dystopia.
1961KK Null, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Kazuyuki Kishino , known by his stage name KK Null, is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist active since the early 1980s. He began as a guitarist but learned how to compose, sing, play drums, and create electronic music. He also studied Butoh dance at Min Tanaka's workshop.
1961Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician[†]
Peter James Roskam is an American politician and lobbyist who is the former U.S. representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district, serving six terms from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and served as the chief deputy majority whip from 2011 to 2014, ranking fourth among House Republican leaders. Previously, he served in the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives. He served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy for the 115th Congress. Roskam was defeated by Democrat Sean Casten in the 2018 election. In 2023, he was named federal policy head of the lobbying practice at Washington, DC–based law firm BakerHostetler. In January 2025, he was elected chairman of National Endowment for Democracy's board of directors.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]