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Communist Chinese repr warns of USSR-China crisis if USSR delivers craft
Chinese troops drive deep into NE India, threaten Assam; capture Bomdi La, cut off Se La and Dirang Dzong garrisons; Taksing, Subandsiri Valley, also under attack; Nehru tells Parliament he asked for massive aid from West; makes emergency broadcast to nation; Indian post near crucial Chushul airstrip, Ladakh, falls to Chinese; maps; Indian troops illus
Watson v Memphis: Appeals Ct decision allowing Memphis to end segregation gradually in pub recreation facilities
lr to Thant agreeing to USSR removal of bombers from Cuba
doubts raised as to Travia re-election as Assembly Minority Leader as result of votes cast against him for Kings Dem leader post by Bklyn Assemblymen
1962Živko Budimir, Bosnian politician[†]
Živko Budimir is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 9th President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two autonomous entities that compose Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 17 March 2011 until 9 February 2015. He is the founder and current president of the Party of Justice and Trust.
1962Polona Dornik, Yugoslav and Slovenian basketball player[†]
Polona Dornik is a Yugoslav and Slovenian former female professional basketball player.
1962Rajkumar Hirani, Indian director[†]
Rajkumar "Raju" Hirani is an Indian filmmaker known for his works in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards. Hirani is referred as one of the most successful filmmakers of Indian cinema. His movies are often lighthearted but revolve around significant societal issues with humour and emotional intelligence.
1962Abderrazak Khairi, Moroccan footballer[†]
Abderrazak Khairi is a Moroccan former football player and coach who played as a midfielder.
1962Peng Liyuan, wife of Xi Jinping[†]
Peng Liyuan is a Chinese contemporary folk singer and the wife of Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China.
1962Gerardo Martino, Argentine footballer and manager[†]
Gerardo Daniel "Tata" Martino is an Argentine professional football coach and former player who last coached Major League Soccer club Inter Miami.
1962Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.[†]
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[†]