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MOSCOW, Feb. 20--The Russians voiced congratulations tonight on hearing of Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr.'s orbital space flight.
Glenn, (Lt Col) J H Jr: Pres phones Glenn on his successful space flight; statement hailing feat
cleared by NYS Assembly of conflict-of-interest charges in fall-out shelter case
reaction, NYC; millions follow feat on TV and radio; up to 9,000 at a time watch event on huge TV screen, Grand Central Terminal; illus; subway loudspeaker system repts flight progress, asks prayers; other scenes described; illus
1962Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist[†]
Charles Michael Palahniuk is an American novelist of Ukrainian and French ancestry who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adult coloring books, as well as several short stories. His first published novel was Fight Club, which was adapted into a film of the same title.
1962David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2008)[†]
David Foster Wallace was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays. He is best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time magazine named one of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005. In 2008, David Ulin wrote for the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]