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Sen approves, 47-44; accepts Thurmond amendment stating corps cannot function in any state unless Gov makes specific request to Pres
Gov Harrison announces formation of Prince Edward Free School Assn to educate some 1,700 Negroes; trustees bd is biracial, $1 million is tentative goal for 1 yr's operation; funds will be privately obtained, whites may attend, faculty will be racially mixed; Justice Dept, spurred by Pres Kennedy in Mar, has worked to effect accord; W J vanden Heuvel, special asst to Atty Gen Kennedy, played key role; Rev L F Griffin of NAACP pledges Negro support but stresses NAACP will not abandon fight for integrated pss; all parties call arrangement temporary; map of County
HR, 287-113, approves $1,195,000,000 bill for pub and private insts, including those operated by religious denominations; bipartisan team defeats crippling amendments, including 2 involving religious issue
Lowell and D H Litter suggest unions put qualified Negroes and Puerto Ricans at top of list for apprenticeship training, Rights Comm hearing; hold policy would correct alleged job bias and ease racial unrest; unions, denying bias, concede small Negro membership; cite father-son apprenticeship tradition; Bldg Trades Employers Assn bd chmn Fullilove holds bldrs will not be pressured into lowering standards; Rev Hildebrand charges city and state, by failing to cancel contracts, use 'pub funds to subsidize discrimination'; 7 seized, 1 patrolman injured, Rochdale Village
HYANNIS PORT, Mass., Aug. 14 Mrs. John F. Kennedy walked out of the Otis Air Force Base hospital into bright sunshine today, hand in hand with her husband. She smiled slightly as she emerged from the barracklike hospital building where...
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 14, 1963, covering August 15, 1963.
Andy Williams
Stevie Wonder
Soundtrack
Peter| Paul & Mary
Trini Lopez
1963Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican filmmaker primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His most notable films include Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022). His projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards.
1963Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician[†]
Simon Anthony Hart, Baron Hart of Tenby is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 2010 to 2024. He served as the Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 to July 2024. He previously served as Secretary of State for Wales in the Johnson government from 2019 to 2022.
1963Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach[†]
Robert Charles "Jack" Russell is an English retired international cricketer, now known for his abilities as an artist, as a cricket wicketkeeping coach, and a football goalkeeping coach.
1963Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.[†]
Henry John Burnett was the last man to be hanged in Scotland, and the first in Aberdeen since 1891. He was tried at the high court in Aberdeen from 23 to 25 July 1963 for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas Guyan. His execution, at HM Prison, Craiginches, Aberdeen, was performed by hangman Harry Allen.
1963President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.[†]
Fulbert Youlou was a Congolese nationalist leader and former Catholic priest who became the first President of the Republic of the Congo upon its independence in 1960.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]