king zog
eight days before scheduled invasion of cuba, cia learned soviet union aware attack take place on 17th. secret compromised, cia elected not call off operation nor alert participants. information not made public until 39 years later, declassification of taylor commission report.
the last of streetcars of los angeles retired, after 136 passengers boarded last scheduled pacific electric railway red car ride 18 mile rail line long beach. charter car departed 10 minutes later. network had been formed in 1902, interurban tracks gradually removed after world war ii.
albert kalonji, president of south kasai breakaway republic, crowned mulopwe, baluba language word monarch, of people.
joseph ganda ordained first native roman catholic priest in sierra leone.
died: zog i, 65, former king of albania 1928 1939, died in paris. ahmet zogu, had been prime minister , president of albania before proclaiming monarchy. albanian exiles proclaimed 22-year-old son, former crown prince, king leka i.
^ soviets knew date of cuba attack , washington post, april 29, 2000; page a4
^ jim walker, images of rail: pacific electric red cars (arcadia publishing, 2007) p87; big red car disappears; era in california ends , spartanburg (sc) herald, april 10, 1961, p3
^ kasai secessionist crowned baluba king , toledo blade, april 10, 1961, p2; baluba tribe has king again , pittsburgh post-gazette, april 10, 1961, p1
^ ex-albanian king zog dies @ 65 , saskatoon star-phoenix, april 10, 1961, p9
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