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Intelligence seeks source of lrs urging Bragg reservists to complain to Cong; Powell visits NH units, Bragg; Continental Army Command chief Gen Powell and Lt Gen Freeman hail 32d and 49th Divs
Hosp, Elisabethville, hit by UN forces mortar fire; map
Rusk calls on non-Communist nations to aid S Vietnam, news conf; warns it is in danger of Communist conquest; stresses need for broad aid to improve forces' effectiveness; says US is discussing problem with allies; repts pub of State Dept booklet documenting Communist acts; defends US role
FAA sets new air traffic control plan effective Jan 11; maps show existing and new holding patterns
Ileo says Congo Govt may have to seek help elsewhere if UN fails in Katanga, news conf; hint of USSR-bloc aid seen; mob of youths attacks and damages Brit and French Embassies, Leopoldville; cheers in front of US Embassy; GB to supply UN with 24 bombs for jets in Katanga but imposes many conditions on their use; says Thant accepts conditions; decision seen difficult because of conflict between Brit desire to back US and doubts about UN policy; group of Conservatives protests
1961David Anthony Higgins, American actor and screenwriter[†]
David Anthony Higgins is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Craig Feldspar on Malcolm in the Middle, Joe on Ellen, and Reginald Bitters on Big Time Rush. He also had a recurring role as Harry on the television series Mike & Molly.
1961Joe Lando, American actor[†]
Joseph John Lando is an American actor, known for playing Jake Harrison on daytime's One Life to Live (1990–1992) and Byron Sully on the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998).
1961Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.[†]
Tanganyika was a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania, that existed from 1961 until 1964. It first gained independence from the United Kingdom on 9 December 1961 as a Commonwealth realm headed by Queen Elizabeth II before becoming a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations a year later. After signing the Articles of Union on 22 April 1964 and passing an Act of Union on 25 April, Tanganyika officially joined with the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar on Union Day, 26 April 1964. The new state changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania within a year.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]