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TWU strikes co after 29 men are laid off; Weinberg succeeds J A Moreland as pres; names 5 new dirs giving him complete control of bd; Moreland, 4 other dirs resign
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Khrushchev rejects de Gaulle proposal for 4-power conf
Rusk suggests internatl access control for W Berlin, news conf; denies any plan to recognize E Ger control
HR com 'directs' Defense Dept to proceed with B-70 program as proposed by USAF, adds $491 million more for program than requested by Adm
1962Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor[†]
John Francis Bongiovi Jr., known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He has released 16 studio albums with his band as well as two solo albums.
1962Paul Farrelly, English journalist and politician[†]
Christopher Paul Farrelly is a British Labour Party politician, banker and journalist, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 2001 to 2019.
1962Tom Nordlie, Norwegian footballer and coach[†]
Tom Nordlie is a Norwegian football coach. He has managed several top Norwegian football teams.
1962Brendan O'Connor, Australian politician, Australian Minister for Employment[†]
Brendan Patrick O'Connor is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Skills and Training from 2022 to 2024 in the Albanese ministry after having served in the same portfolio in 2013 in the Second Rudd ministry. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2025. He held ministerial office in the governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 to 2013, including as a member of cabinet from 2012 to 2013. He was a member of the shadow cabinet from 2013 to 2022.
1962Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach[†]
Raimo Olavi Summanen is a former professional ice hockey forward and the current head coach of HIFK of the Finnish Elite League. He is also a former coach of the Finnish national team. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, 125th overall, and spent his NHL career with Edmonton and the Vancouver Canucks.
1962Gabriele Tarquini, Italian race car driver[†]
Gabriele Tarquini is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1987 and 1995, and World Touring Car from 2005 to 2021. In touring car racing, Tarquini won the World Touring Car Championship in 2009 with SEAT; he also won the British Touring Car Championship in 1994, the European Touring Car Championship in 2003, and the World Touring Car Cup in 2018.
1962Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (born 1866)[†]
Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de la Vallée Poussin was a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for proving the prime number theorem.
1962In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.[†]
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma, is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon.
1962Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.[†]
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, and was elected to the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th anniversary teams.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]