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May 8, 1963

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Historical Context for May 8, 1963

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

Notable Births

Anthony Field

1963Anthony Field, Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor[†]

Anthony Donald Joseph Field is an Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the leader of the children's group the Wiggles and a member of the 1980s and 1990s pop band the Cockroaches. While still a teenager, he helped found the Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John. The Cockroaches recorded two albums and enjoyed moderate success, interrupted by Field's service in the Army, until they disbanded in the late 1980s.

Michel Gondry

1963Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter[†]

Michel Gondry is a French filmmaker and producer noted for his inventive visual style and distinctive manipulation of mise en scène. Along with Charlie Kaufman, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as one of the writers of the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which he also directed. His other films include the music documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005), the surrealistic science fantasy comedy The Science of Sleep (2006), the comedy Be Kind Rewind (2008), the superhero comedy The Green Hornet (2011), the drama The We and the I (2012), and the romantic science fantasy tragedy Mood Indigo (2013).

Historical Events

Huế Phật Đản shootings

1963South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.[†]

The Huế Phật Đản shootings were the deaths of nine unarmed Buddhist civilians on 8 May 1963 in the city of Huế, South Vietnam, at the hands of the army and security forces of the government of Ngô Đình Diệm, a Roman Catholic. The army and police fired guns and launched grenades into a crowd of Buddhists who had been protesting against a government ban on flying the Buddhist flag on the day of Phật Đản, which commemorates the birth of Gautama Buddha.

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Headlines from May 8, 1963

U.S. TELLS AIDES IN HAITI TO SEND FAMILIES HOME; Airlift of 220 Begins Today Other Americans There Receive Offer of Help U.N. COUNCIL WILL MEET To Study Complaint Against Dominicans Bosch Gives Assurances to O.A.S. Deterioration Noted Bosch Modifies Stand KIN OF U.S. AIDES WILL LEAVE HAITI Assurance Is Given

By Special to The New York Times

US orders dependents of its personnel to leave; offers to evacuate other US citizens; Under Sec Ball says Govt appears to be disintegrating; Bosch tells OAS that Dominicans will use force only if Haiti continues aggression against embassy; says pol refugees in embassy are menaced by Haitian guns

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DOMINICANS SEEK HAITI SANCTIONS; Will Ask O.A.S. to Impose Harsh Curbs Bosch Calls Duvalier a Mad Tyrant Grave Threat Seen Bosch Shift Indicated DOMINICANS SEEK HAITI SANCTIONS U.S. Aide Sees Bosch

By Tad Szulc Special To the New York Times

hopes OAS will 'do its duty' in Haiti, but says Dominican Repub must continue vigilance, TV-radio s; calls Duvalier mad tyrant; Haitian troops reptdly surround all foreign embassies again; Martin tells Bosch US favors bringing OAS fully into situation

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RIOTING NEGROES ROUTED BY POLICE AT BIRMINGHAM; 3,000 Demonstrators Crash Lines--Highway Patrol Is Sent Into the City CROWD THROWS STONES N.A.A.C.P. Calls for Protest by Pickets Across U.S.-- Hopes Raised by Talks Highway Patrol Called Appeals to President NEGROES ROUTED AT BIRMINGHAM Orders Use of Hoses Urge Crowd to Leave Fund Drive Opens Here

By Claude Sitton Special To the New York Times

police and firemen rout 2,500-3,000 rioting Negroes with hoses and armored car in 2 business dist demonstrations; illus; Shuttlesworth among injured; 28 held; C B Hanson Jr, publisher of Birmingham News, urges Pres Kennedy persuade Negro leaders to end demonstrations, wire; Marshall confs with white leaders; Wallace orders 250 hwy ptl to city; pledges action to preserve law and order, s to Legis; juvenile authorities release children to parents on signed appearance bonds; 100 freed; drive led by Warder and Robinson starts; Robinson wires Pres about situation; A P Randolph and NY Atty Gen Lefkowitz deplore events

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