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April 28, 1963

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Headlines from April 28, 1963

KHRUSHCHEV FAILS TO GIVE PROMISE OF HELP ON LAOS; Premier Does Not Indicate to Harriman That He Will or Can Stop Pro-Reds SOVIET PLEA MAIN HOPE Cease-Fire Session Meets Snag as Leftists Blame Americans for Fight KHRUSHCHEV GIVES NO LAOS PROMISE

By Seymour Topping Special To the New York Times

MOSCOW, April 27--Premier Khrushchev, in his meeting yesterday with W. Averell Harriman, gave no indication that he would try to restrain or could restrain the pro-Communist forces in Laos, an authoritative source said tonight.

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Notable Births

1963Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach[โ€ ]

Lloyd Edgar Eisler, MSM, is a former Canadian pairs skater. With partner Isabelle Brasseur, he was the 1992 and 1994 Olympic bronze medallist and the 1993 World Champion.

1963Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic[โ€ ]

Marc Guy Albert Marie Lacroix is a Belgian biochemist and a researcher who specializes in breast cancer biology, metastasis and therapy.

Notable Deaths

1963Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (born 1880)[โ€ ]

Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Weber was a German gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won 2 medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and participated in three Olympic Games. His first edition was at St. Louis in 1904.

Historical Context for April 28, 1963

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