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UN builds air force; harrassment by Katanga jet linked; jet illus; UN troops in Elisabethville illus; UN force deputy comdr Maj Gen Mangasha named mil adviser to Congo Govt; Maj Gen Gabre-Leul succeeds as deputy comdr
Weiss admits erasing 10-15 names from check stubs requested by Investigation Comm to avoid embarrassing friend and clients he entertained; Kaplan's among names erased; checks covered period when Weiss was Bd consultant, not official
6-day race starts
White House releases lrs from 7 cos rejecting plea
disarmament stressed in Assembly ss by Prince Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodia), Mins Kosaka (Japan), Nakhai (Iran), Thiam (Senegal)
1961Chi McBride, American actor[†]
Kenneth "Chi" McBride is an American actor. He has appeared in films, where he is known primarily as a character actor, and in television, where he has had numerous starring roles.
1961William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)[†]
William Cameron "Willie" McCool was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the atmosphere. McCool was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
1961U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962.[†]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected president at 43 years. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress prior to his presidency.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]