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NYS Atty Gen Lefkowitz says 7 leading NYC commercial banks reaffirm no-discrimination policy
US to release to scholars set of top-secret army journals that depict civilian and mil disorders and discontent in '60 and '61; details; excerpts; US officials silent on how journals were obtained
Justice Dept repts FBI has recd detailed information on orgn and operation of nation-wide crime syndicate (Casa Nostra) from J Valachi, syndicate member now serving life term for murder; Dept confirms acct of expose appearing in Washington Sunday Star; Valachi reptdly reveals details of '57 Apalachin, NY, gangland conv; says it was called by V Genovese, alleged syndicate chief, to win support for '57 slaying of A Anastasia and attempted slaying of F Costello; other data
ON FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION FRONT, Korea, Monday, Aug. 5--A Communist North Korean raiding party hit an American outpost with a heavy barrage of grenades in a twohour clash at the edge of the demilitarized zone today.
Moscow press pub Govt statement denouncing Chinese for opposing treaty; Pravda and Izvestia print Chinese July 31 statement on treaty as 'dirty fraud' to show 'how low Chinese leaders have sunk'; Thant arrives; illus with Stevenson; Rusk and Home conf
1963Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (died 2010)[†]
Steve Lee was a Swiss musician, best known as the vocalist of the band Gotthard.
1963Ingmar De Vos, Belgian sports administrator[†]
Ingmar De Vos is a Belgian professional sports manager serving as the thirteenth and current President of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). He is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and currently serves as President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations(ASOIF). Educated in sports management, business administration and international law, he began his career in mainstream politics before working for the Belgian Equestrian Federation and supported that nation's equestrian teams at the Olympics and the FEI World Equestrian Games. He was one of the founders of the European Equestrian Federation and became secretary-general of the FEI in 2011 prior to being elected President of the organisation in 2014.
1963Mark Strong, English actor[†]
Mark Strong is a British actor best known for his film roles such as Prince Septimus in Stardust (2007), Archibald in RocknRolla (2008), Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), George in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Major General Stewart Menzies in The Imitation Game (2014), Merlin in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Dr. Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), and John in Cruella (2021).
1963Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (born 1898)[†]
Salvador Bacarisse Chinoria was a Spanish composer.
1963Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.[†]
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]