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February 19, 1963

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Headlines from February 19, 1963

BUSINESS GROUP FAVORS TAX CUT WITHOUT REFORM; The Committee for Economic Development Emphasizes Need for Promptness 1963 GOAL IS 6 BILLION Kennedy Said to Agree to Postponing Revision of System for a Year Favor Delay on Reforms Speed Is Called Vital BUSINESS GROUP FAVORS TAX CUT

By John D. Morris Special To the New York Times

CED, in statement prepared by T O Yntema, urges Cong set aside reforms in favor of prompt cut; proposes $4-billion cut in personal taxes and $2 billion for corps as of Jan 1; cuts without reforms also backed by Sen Humphrey and Repr Boggs; Budget Dir Gordon says Adm still favors cut-reform pkg and plans to hold spending below increased revenue rate

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Notable Births

Seal (musician)

1963Seal, English singer-songwriter[†]

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the recipient of three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, with 20 million albums or singles sold by October 2011. He signed with record producer Trevor Horn's ZTT Records to release his eponymous debut studio album (1991). A critical and commercial success, it spawned the singles "Crazy" and "Killer", which peaked at numbers two and one on the UK singles chart, respectively, while both entered the US Billboard Hot 100. His 1994 single, "Kiss from a Rose", peaked atop the latter chart after its inclusion on the accompanying film soundtracks for The NeverEnding Story III and Batman Forever.

1963Jessica Tuck, American actress[†]

Jessica Tuck is an American actress, best known for her performances on television as Megan Gordon Harrison on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, Gillian Gray in the CBS drama series Judging Amy, and as Nan Flanagan on the HBO series True Blood.

Historical Events

Betty Friedan

1963The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.[†]

Betty Friedan was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men."

Historical Context for February 19, 1963

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