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HR, 208-196, passes Adm bill extending feed grains program for 2 yrs; support from urban Dems credited
Gen Clay suggests that about $300 million of Alliance funds not be spent until some nations show they are capable of self-help, HR com
Gov Rockefeller proposes creating body of Cabinet-rank reprs to explore strengthening pol cohesion, s, ANPA Ad Bur
Statement of principles
miners trapped by blast, Clinchfield mine, Dola, W Va
1963Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer[†]
Li Lianjie, better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist and actor. With a film career spanning more than forty years, Li is regarded as one of the most iconic Chinese film stars, one of the most renowned martial arts stars of his generation, and one of the greatest martial arts stars in the history of cinema. Films in which he has appeared in have grossed over $2.4 billion worldwide.
1963Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player[†]
Colin Roberts Scotts is an Australian former professional American football defensive tackle. Scotts was the first Australian to receive an American football scholarship in the United States and be drafted into the National Football League (NFL). He became the second Australian to play in the NFL after Colin Ridgeway, an Australian rules football convert.
1963Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler[†]
Cornelia Ullrich, née Feuerbach is a retired East German hurdler. She represented the sports team SC Magdeburg.
1963Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player[†]
William Percey Wennington is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and 1983 World University Games, where the team won gold. He was also on the Canadian team that narrowly missed qualification for the 1992 Olympics. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
1963In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.[†]
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. With an area of almost 1.8 million km2 (700,000 sq mi), it is the 4th-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. Libya claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat. The largest city and capital is Tripoli, which is located in northwestern Libya and contains over a million of Libya's seven million people.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]