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UN asks Pakistan to supply 1,000 for UN mil force; Indonesia and Dutch approve choice; Kennedy hails UN role in settlement
Portugal not surprised
plea rejected; Front candidates list pub; over 1/3 are mil officers; candidates certain of election as Front list is only 1 in every voting dist; prominent candidates noted; Khider scores 'illegal acts' by 'uncontrolled elements,' radio s
Thant sends to Security Council plan to end Katanga secession; threatens complete embargo if Tshombe does not accede; proposes central Govt and Katanga divide Katanga revenues equally; other details; includes Gardiner rept on situation; Stevenson confs with Thant
drive under way to improve treatment of minor traffic offenders
1962Cleo King, American actress[†]
Cleo King is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, particularly Mike & Molly (2010–2016).
1962John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach[†]
Jon Anthony Korfas is a Greek-American former professional basketball player and coach. During his professional playing career, Korfas won all three of the FIBA Europe continental-wide titles on the club level. With Panathinaikos Athens, he won the top-tier level FIBA EuroLeague championship, during the 1995–96 season. He also won the second-tier level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup championship in the 1990–91 season, and the third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup championship in the 1993–94 season with PAOK Thessaloniki. With Panathinaikos, he also won the world club title, as he won the 1996 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. He was also selected to the FIBA EuroLeague All-Final Four Team at the 1993 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four.
1962Gilberto Santa Rosa, Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero[†]
Gilberto Santa Rosa Cortés, nicknamed "El Caballero de la Salsa", is a Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero. He is a six-time Grammy Award winner and has sold over three million records in the United States and Puerto Rico. Santa Rosa also starred in a comedy.
1962Pete Weber, American bowler[†]
Peter David Weber is an American bowler in the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), currently exclusive to their age-group PBA50+ tours, and a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]