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November 11, 1962

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U.S. NOW TO TURN PRESSURE ON CUBA; Sees Concession to Soviet Necessary While Castro Is Held in Check End of Blockade Seen U.S. NOW TO TURN PRESSURE ON CUBA Letters Exchanged

By Max Frankel Special To the New York Times

US and USSR reptd split over IRC plans to handle at-sea inspection; Thant efforts to arrange procedures discussed; Kennedy seen ready, if USSR withdraws bombers, to acknowledge its good faith in removing offensive weapons and to turn to dealing with Cuba to restrain Castro; secret exch of lrs between Kennedy and Khrushchev reptdly continues; speculation

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Notable Births

Mario Fenech

1962Mario Fenech, Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster[†]

Mario Fenech is a Maltese Australian rugby league personality. He is a former player of the game who had a lengthy career in the New South Wales/Australian Rugby League in the 1980s and 1990s. His favoured position was as hooker, where he represented New South Wales in State of Origin. In his later career, he became a prop-forward. A legendary figure for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, he captained the club for five seasons from 1986 to 1990.

1962Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (died 1997)[†]

Georgios Mitsibonas was a Greek football player during the 1980s and 1990s.

Demi Moore

1962Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer[†]

Demi Gene Moore is an American actress. After rising to prominence in the early 1980s, she became the world's highest-paid actress by 1995. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and an Emmy Award. In 2025, she appeared on Time's 100 most influential people in the world list.

James Morrison (jazz musician)

1962James Morrison, Australian trumpet player and composer[†]

James Lloyd Morrison AM is an Australian jazz musician. Although his main instrument is trumpet, he has also performed on trombone, tuba, euphonium, flugelhorn, saxophone, clarinet, double bass, guitar, and piano. He is a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels.

Notable Deaths

Joe Ruddy

1962Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1878)[†]

Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr. was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.

Historical Events

Kuwait

1962Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.[†]

Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. With a coastline of approximately 500 km (311 mi), Kuwait also shares a maritime border with Iran, across the Persian Gulf. Kuwait is a city-state, most of the country's population reside in the urban agglomeration of Kuwait City, the capital and largest city. As of 2024, Kuwait has a population of 4.82 million, of which 1.53 million are Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 3.29 million are foreign nationals from over 100 countries. Kuwait has the world's third largest number of foreign nationals as a percentage of the population, where its citizens make up less than 30% of the overall population.

Historical Context for November 11, 1962

In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]