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In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]
1962Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[†]
Kevin Brooks Eastman is an American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Peter Laird. Eastman was also formerly the editor and publisher of the magazine Heavy Metal.
1962Richard Fuller, English lawyer and politician[†]
Richard Quentin Fuller is a British politician who has been Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since November 2024, having previously served as the interim Chairman of the Conservative Party from July to November 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North Bedfordshire, formerly North East Bedfordshire, since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he represented Bedford from 2010 to 2017.
1962Tim Loughton, English businessman and politician[†]
Timothy Paul Loughton, is a British politician and former banker who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from 2010 to 2012 and has twice served as the Acting Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee in 2016 and 2021, following the respective resignations of Keith Vaz and Yvette Cooper.
1962Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer[†]
Tonya Pinkins is an American actress and filmmaker. Her award-winning debut feature film Red Pill was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Feature at The Mykonos International Film Festival, Best First Feature at the Luléa Film Festival, and is nominated for awards in numerous festivals around the globe. Her web-series The Red Pilling of America can be heard on her podcast "You Can't Say That!" at BPN.fm/ycst
Thant asks immediate cease-fire pending negotiations, wires to de Quay and Sukarno; lauds agreement to negotiate; earlier Dutch reluctance to accept Bunker plan noted; Bunker confs with Thant; Stevenson notes US efforts to find solution; s, NYC
Kennedy, following Heard comm proposals, sends bill to Cong asking temporary suspension of equal-time rule for Pres campaigns
Pres flies to Glen Ora from Washington; marks 45th birthday with family; dinner party
trade via Tibet virtually halted as relations deteriorate; hardships for Tibet seen
Israeli Cabinet meets to discuss Sup Ct decision; W Ger Govt spokesman says today's Ger condemns Eichmann
US pessimistic on formation of coalition Govt; doubts Pathet Lao is still interested; alternatives confronting US discussed; some observers link Phoumi Nosavan moves to attempt to get direct US intervention
Final plans for the proposed twenty-block $180,000,000 West Side Urban Renewal project adjacent to Central Park were approved yesterday by the City Planning Commission.
HR subcom hearing; Agr Mktg Service admr S R Smith testifies that Jackson, upon phone call from unidentified Estes assoc, destroyed working papers from which he prepared Estes financial statement for use by Agr Dept in setting bond for Estes' grain storage contracts; says Jackson admitted not making adequate audit; says statement, submitted in Feb '61, put Estes net worth at $13.7 million; details bonding operation; Moseley testifies that most grain warehousemen use kickbacks, other unethical methods to obtain storage contracts; Bass and Fountain comment; Moseley and Ballou deny getting gifts from Estes or Commercial Solvents; Moseley says he met Estes only once; denies pressure on Estes behalf by any Cong members
GB and Euromkt reach 1st accord on specific membership problem as GB agrees to levy full Euromkt tariff on all Commonwealth mfrd goods, in steps, by '70; Euromkt would declare willingness to bargain for common tariff cut; major problems remain
Brig Gen Nguyen Khanh repts Kontum area hq of Viet Cong 'gen' Nguyen Don bombed in largest raid staged by S Vietnamese Air Force
USSR reneges on declaration; Zorin, in Geneva conf, demands amendments requiring natl legis making propaganda criminal offense; assails alleged aggressive statements by Dr Teller, W Ger Min Strauss and Pres Kennedy; notes ed discounting declaration value; conf startled by his action; F Cavalletti (Italy) speculates on motives
Kennedy confs with Sec Dillion and other officials, finds no need for Govt action now; Dillon repts consensus that econ is sound, panic selling unjustified; illus; other Washington reaction; SEC Chmn Cary, testifying to HR com on another matter, says SEC is checking on who is buying and selling stock but is not concerned with break perse