Births on September 18

Carolyn Harris (politician)

Born on September 18, 1960

Carolyn Harris, British politician

Carolyn Harris (born 18 September 1960) is a Welsh Labour Party politician serving as the Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea East since 2015. Harris was the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Labour leader Keir Starmer from 2020 until her resignation in 2021, and sat on the Official Opposition frontbench under Jeremy Corbyn as a shadow Home Office minister from 2016 to 2020.

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Carolyn Harris (politician)

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Events on 1960

17 Mar

Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
21 Apr

Rio de Janeiro
Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
9 May

Combined oral contraceptive pill
The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
4 Jul

Flag of the United States
Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
29 Oct

Muhammad Ali
In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.

Births on September 18

Carolyn Harris (politician)

Born on September 18, 1960

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Events on 1960

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Rio de Janeiro

Combined oral contraceptive pill

Flag of the United States

Muhammad Ali