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USSR pub Kommunist warns parties in underdeveloped nations against 'undue haste' to transform their countries into Communist states; suggests 'natl front' approach; Chinese party favors more revolutionary tactics
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Revolutionary Council urges Hemisphere Govts to aid exiles to counter USSR aid, statement by Miro Cardona and M A de Varona
$30-million center devoted to heart research and treatment planned, 1st in US; to be completed by '65; sketch; Dr R E Snyder to be adm dir; comments
MATS-chartered Super Constellation with 68 servicemen and dependents and crew of 8 ditches in Atlantic 500 mi W of Scotland on US-Ger flight; map
1962Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager[ā ]
Alistair Murdoch McCoist is a Scottish former footballer who has since worked as a manager and TV pundit.
1962Mike Phelan, English footballer, coach, and manager[ā ]
Michael Christopher Phelan is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently assistant head coach for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle.
1962Tim Supple, English director and producer[ā ]
Timothy Supple is a British born, award-winning international theatre director. He is the son of the academic Barry Supple.
1962Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter[ā ]
Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. She starred in and wrote the romantic comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), which garnered her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress ā Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and which went on to spawn a media franchise.
1962Ilgvars ZalÄns, Latvian painter[ā ]
Ilgvars ZalÄns is a Latvian painter. He is generally identified as an Expressionist and is one of the most influential contemporary expressionist painters in northern Europe. In the course of his career he was influenced by Gutai group, Fluxus movement, and other modern art activists and has turned more to the scene of action-painting. Since 2007 Ilgvars Zalans had a 33-country world tour with his action-painting performances. In the past years he has actively taken the opportunities offered by artist residences, thereby traveling almost half of the world.
1962Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)[ā ]
Charles Francis Reisner was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[ā ]