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Gov Rockefeller proposes creation of science and tech center as part of SUNY
UN forces cross Lufira River; illus
Severe cold wave, storms continue for 11th day; over 800 dead
US starts talks with France on multilateral force; Amb Bohlen confs, Paris, with Min Couve de Murville
Vietcong guerrillas down 5 and damage 9 US helicopters bringing S Vietnamese into operation, Ap Bac, Mekong Delta; kill 3 Amers, wound 6 or more; S Vietnamese casualties put at 50; operation detailed; illus
1963Stewart Hosie, Scottish businessman and politician[†]
Stewart Hosie is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee East from 2005 to 2024. He served as the SNP Treasury Spokesperson from 2022 to 2023, and previously from 2015 to 2017. He served as the SNP Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since 2021. He served as Deputy Leader of the SNP to Nicola Sturgeon from November 2014 to October 2016. He was also the SNP Deputy Westminster Leader and the SNP Treasury Spokesperson from May 2015, until he was succeeded in both positions by Kirsty Blackman in June 2017.
1963Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricketer[†]
Aamer Malik is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 14 Test matches and 24 One Day Internationals from 1987 to 1994. In 1987 he took over from Ray Berry as the professional at Hyde CC, playing in the Central Lancashire League.
1963Alex Wheatle, English author and playwright (died 2025)[†]
Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE was a British novelist, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton riot in London.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]