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January 18, 1963

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Headlines from January 18, 1963

FRANCE'S ALLIES STRIVE TO RESCUE TALKS ON MARKET; De Gaulle Aide at Brussels Says for First Time That Britain Is Not Wanted HE ASKS END OF PARLEY Paris Gambles on Unity of Partners and Bonn Tie-- Meeting Set Today Spaak Opposing French 5 IN MARKET TRY TO RESCUE TALKS Forum Backs Negotiations British Hold to Hope

By Edwin L. Dale Jr. Special To the New York Times

Min Couve de Murville (France) opposes continuing Brussels talks; other EEC members would continue; de Gaulle gamble on members unity discussed

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U.S. STAND ON CUBA CITED BY GOMULKA; Eisenhower Quoted by Pole in Support of Khrushchev at Reds' Berlin Session Gomulka Quotes Eisenhower To Back Soviet Case in Cuba Gomulka Backs Soviet Premier Visits Wall

By Sydney Gruson Special To the New York Times

Polish Communist leader W Gomulka quotes Gen Eisenhower remark that '62 crisis did not result in US victory and that USSR may have benefited, s, E Ger Communist party cong; Cuban Min Hart Davalo plea for Communist unity hailed, seen as support for USSR view in split

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Notable Births

Maxime Bernier

1963Maxime Bernier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada[†]

Maxime Bernier is a Canadian politician who is the founder and leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC). Formerly a member of the Conservative Party, Bernier left the caucus in 2018 to form the PPC. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauce from 2006 to 2019 and served as a Cabinet minister in the Harper government.

1963Ian Crook, English footballer and manager[†]

Ian Stuart Crook is an English football manager and former professional player.

Carl McCoy

1963Carl McCoy, English singer-songwriter[†]

Carl Douglas McCoy is a British singer who is the frontman for the gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim.

Martin O'Malley

1963Martin O'Malley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st Governor of Maryland[†]

Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American politician who served as the 17th commissioner of the Social Security Administration from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 61st governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015 and the 48th mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007.

Notable Deaths

Hugh Gaitskell

1963Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1906)[†]

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, he was elected to Parliament in 1945 and held office in Clement Attlee's governments, notably as Minister of Fuel and Power following the bitter winter of 1946–47, and eventually joining the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Facing the need to increase military spending in 1951, he imposed National Health Service charges on dentures and spectacles, prompting the leading left-winger Aneurin Bevan to resign from the Cabinet.

Historical Context for January 18, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]