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Mass civil rights demonstrations led to the arrest of 116 persons yesterday in Brooklyn and 27 in Jamaica, Queens, in continuing efforts to block construction work.
Macmillan, reptg to Commons, lends substance to repts 3-power summit conf might follow ban accord
Amb Fedorenko (USSR) denounces Portugal and its 'Western accomplices,' demands Council impose worldwide econ and pol boycott and Portugal grant independence to colonies by end of '63; quotes message to Council from Pres Nkrumah (Ghana) demanding independence; Min Karefa-Smart (Sierra Leone) charges Portugal 'flouted' Assembly '62 resolution calling for independence
development of '1st Arab submarine' announced; trials set
1 killed, 28 hurt when Port Auth-Trans Hudson (PATH) train (Hudson Tubes) collides with PRR locomotive near Harrison, NJ
1963Karl Malone, American basketball player and coach[†]
Karl Anthony Malone is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Mailman", he is considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history. Malone spent his first 18 seasons (1985–2003) in the NBA with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. He was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a 14-time NBA All-Star, and a 14-time member of the All-NBA Team, which include 11 consecutive First Team selection. His 36,928 career points scored rank third all-time in NBA history behind LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he holds the records for most free throws made and attempted, and most regular season games started, in addition to being tied for the second-most first-team All-NBA selections with Kobe Bryant, both behind LeBron James.
1963The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.[†]
Bluenose II is a replica of the fishing and racing schooner Bluenose, commissioned by Sidney Culverwell Oland and built in 1963 as a promotional yacht for Oland Brewery. Sidney Oland donated the schooner to Nova Scotia in 1971 and it has since operated as a sailing ambassador and promotional device for Nova Scotia tourism. In honour of her predecessor's record, Bluenose II does not officially race.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]