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Lr to Acting Sec Gen Thant warning US reconnaissance planes over Cuba will be fired upon
Kennedy to appt ex-Sec Herter to new post of Special Repr for Trade Negotiations, created by new trade law
Sec Wirtz scores talk in Adm of 4% unemployment rate as acceptable goal; says aim should be full employment
Crisis continues; Khrushchev, in 1 of several lrs to Kennedy, disclosed to have offered 'unacceptable conditions' for removal of USSR bombers; US still optimistic on early settlement
Will; bequests to family, others noted; sons John and Franklin Jr and H S Hooker named estate trustees
1962Darwyn Cooke, Canadian writer and artist (died 2016)[†]
Darwyn Cooke was a Canadian comics artist, writer, cartoonist, and animator who worked on the comic books Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit and Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter. His work has been honoured with numerous Eisner, Harvey, and Joe Shuster Awards.
1962Mani, English bass player[†]
Gary "Mani" Mounfield is an English rock bassist, best known for being a member of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]