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damage put in hundreds of millions; deaths at 46; Ore to get Fed aid; storm hits parts of Washington before fading over western Canada; map; damage illus
Defense Dept to begin Natl Guard and Orqanized Reserve reorgn despite opposition by Army Gen Staff com; details; Cong and govs continue opposition
W Sullivan repts lower portion of radiation belt produced by US high-alt explosion July 9 over Pacific causes radio 'hiss' audible on ground receivers; hiss diminishes steadily; diagram
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Re-elected NY Turf Writers Assn vp
1962Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player[†]
Jaan Ehlvest is an Estonian-American chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1987. Ehlvest was Estonian champion in 1986. Since 2006, he has represented the United States.
1962Trevor Goddard, English-American actor (died 2003)[†]
Trevor Joseph Goddard was an English actor. He was best known for playing Kano in the martial arts film Mortal Kombat, a live action adaptation of the popular video game series. Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby in the television series JAG and main villain Keefer in the action film Men of War.
1962Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor[†]
Chris Thomas King is an American blues musician and actor based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1962Shahar Perkiss, Israeli tennis player[†]
Shahar Perkiss is an Israeli right-handed former professional tennis player. He reached his best singles ranking of world # 53 in March 1985. He peaked at world # 54 in the doubles rankings in November 1985. Perkiss won the silver medal in singles in tennis at the 1989 Maccabiah Games, and won the gold medal in doubles playing alongside Boaz Merenstein.
1962The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.[†]
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis lasted from 16 to 28 October 1962. The confrontation is widely considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into full-scale nuclear war.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]