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April 15, 1963

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Headlines from April 15, 1963

LAOTIAN PREMIER SAYS REDS' CHIEF AGREES TO TRUCE; Souvanna Phouma Reports Cease-Fire After a Visit to Plaine des Jarres WASHINGTON IS PLEASED U.S. Officials Believe Soviet Wants to Work With West to End the Fighting LAOTIAN PREMIER ARRANGES TRUCE

By Jacques Nevard Special To the New York Timesthe New York Times

VIENTIANE, Laos, April 14 --Prince Souvanna Phouma, Premier of Laos, said today he had arranged an interim ceasefire between neutralist and proCommunist forces in the Plaine des Jarres of northeastern Laos.

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Notable Births

Alex Crawford

1963Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist[†]

Alexandra Christine Crawford, is a British journalist who currently works as a Special Correspondent for Sky News based in Turkey.

1963Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer[†]

Manzoor Elahi is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer. Considered a hard-hitting batsman and a medium-pacer bowler, Elahi appeared in six Test matches and 54 One Day Internationals for Pakistan national cricket team between 1984 and 1995. Former Pakistani captain Imran Khan described him as "perhaps the hardest hitter of the cricket ball in the world".

Manoj Prabhakar

1963Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster[†]

Manoj Prabhakar is a former Indian cricketer and coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and also opened the innings a few times for the Indian cricket team. He was part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket, 1984 Asia Cup, 1990-91 Asia Cup and 1995 Asia Cup.

Notable Deaths

Carji Greeves

1963Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (born 1903)[†]

Edward Goderich "Carji" Greeves Jr. was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), now known as the Australian Football League (AFL). He won the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924, awarded to the VFL/AFL player adjudged fairest and best during the home-and-away season. He is the son of Ted Greeves, who also played with the Geelong Football Club.

Historical Context for April 15, 1963

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