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Izvestia scores US note; terms flight aggressive; US curbs comment on incident; Secs Rusk and McNamara conf with Sen leaders; Moscow radio says U-2 was based in Japan
night riders fire shotguns into home where 7 regis workers are staying, Dawson, Terrell County; 2 white youths and Negro girl wounded; FBI, Ga, local authorities begin probe; FBI to seek to determine if attack represents intimidation of prospective voters; incident occurred shortly after 4 of group had been chased out of nearby Sasser by policeman who fired at their auto; Justice Dept suit to enjoin interference with regis pends against Terrell and Sasser authorities; Sasser regis meeting noted
S Chase lr on Algiers peace demonstrations
Morgenthau attacks Rockefeller record, TV s
Editorial urges big turnout, NYC primary
1962Chris Christie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New Jersey[†]
Christopher James Christie is an American politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United States Attorney for New Jersey from 2002 to 2008 and a Morris County commissioner from 1995 to 1997. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 and 2024.
1962Marina Kaljurand, Estonian badminton player and diplomat, Estonia Ambassador to Russia[†]
Marina Kaljurand is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament. Kaljurand served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet as an independent. Earlier, she served as the Ambassador of Estonia to the United States, Russia, Mexico, Canada, Kazakhstan, and Israel.
1962Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist[†]
Elizabeth Anne Vargas is an American television journalist who is the lead investigative reporter/documentary anchor for A&E Networks, and was the host for Fox's revival of America's Most Wanted (2021). She began her new position on May 28, 2018, after being an anchor of ABC's television newsmagazine 20/20 and ABC News specials for the previous 14 years. She is also a news anchor for NewsNation, where she hosts Elizabeth Vargas Reports currently based in New York City.
1962Kevin Willis, American basketball player and fashion designer[†]
Kevin Alvin Willis is an American former professional basketball player mostly known for playing with the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 7-foot power forward/center. Excluding players not yet eligible, he holds the record for most games played among those not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
1962Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (born 1898)[†]
Hanns Eisler was a German-Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote for films. The Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin is named after him.
1962Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (born 1892)[†]
Seiichiro Kashio was a tennis player from Japan, and with Ichiya Kumagae was one of the first Japanese Olympic medalists. He won the Canadian Open by defeating United States player Walter Wesbrook 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 11–9.
1962The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.[†]
Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus was a plan developed by the United States in the 1950s to guide the federal government in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic nuclear attack. Plan D-Minus was part of the National Plan for Emergency Preparedness, which also included Mobilization Plan C.
1962Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.[†]
The Blackfriars shipwrecks were a series of wrecks discovered by archaeologist Peter Marsden in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London, England. The wrecks were discovered while building a riverside embankment wall along the River Thames. Marsden discovered the first on 6 September 1962 and the other three were discovered in 1969–1970. Together they are now known as the four Blackfriars wrecks.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]