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In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]
1962Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter[†]
David Gahan is an English singer best known as the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode since their formation in 1980. Noted for his commanding stage presence and unique baritone voice, Gahan was ranked at No. 73 on Q magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Singers" and No. 27 on its list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen". As part of Depeche Mode, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
1962Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter[†]
Paul David Heaton is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and main lyricist of the Housemartins, who had commercial success in the UK and other European countries between 1985 and 1988, releasing several singles including "Happy Hour" and the UK number-one single "Caravan of Love" in 1986, before the band disbanded. Heaton then formed the Beautiful South with the Housemartins' drummer, Dave Hemingway, and the band's debut single, "Song for Whoever", and debut album, Welcome to the Beautiful South, were released in 1989 to commercial success. They had a series of hits throughout the 1990s, including the number-one single "A Little Time". They disbanded in 2007.
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A Traister (US) among students held after demonstrations backing Madrid U strike
Elected Newark Mayor; por
Kennedy urges labor exercise restraint and responsibility in bargaining demands, s, UAW; says Adm will not seek to establish bargaining patterns for every plant and indus, neither has nor seeks powers of compulsion; insists Pres must concern self with gen welfare
Sec Hodges scores legis offered by Repr Harrison for Amer Farm Bur Fed to bar tariff concessions to Euromkt unless curbs on US agr products are lifted; Adm marshals forces against it
Sen Cooper to vote against closure and bill; calls it unconst; would back bill barring 'subjective' literacy tests; stand seen blow to bill
2,000 aux police recruited from Algerian Army to aid French in fight against terrorists in Algiers and Oran; 1st group starts training; 28 killed in new terrorism, Algiers, including 2 Moslem women
Kennedy predicts Cong approval of his plan this yr, s, UAW conv; in apparent ref to boycott, says great majority of drs will treat those covered by plan; Goldberg calls boycott disgrace, s, conv; AMA buys 1/2-hr of TV time on day after planned Kennedy TV s; Ribicoff calls boycott blackmail; Henriksen reply; NJ Med Soc pres Buchanan scores Kijewski bill; NYS Joint Legis Com probes ways to qualify more aged for benefits under current legis; NYS Dem Chmn McKeon scores Rockefeller proposals
Ch World Service and Luth World Relief to end distribution of US Govt surpluses to needy families; rept Jan survey shows inequities in ration card list furnished by Nationalists, black mkt operations involving resale of surpluses by recipients and some local Prot and RC chs; Bishop Swanstrom says Cath Relief Services will continue distribution but with changes; holds situation improved
Clay gets emotional farewell from W Berliners; illus; promises to return if needed
US Amb Thompson and Brit Amb Roberts urge USSR to restrain Pathet Lao from violating cease-fire, conf with Min Gromyko, Moscow; reptdly ask that Pathet Lao withdraw from Nam Tha
Adenauer denies repts of rift with US; lauds Grewe but says he became unpopular in US; speculation