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Gov Rockefeller fears world depression unless US acts vigorously to check gold outflow, statement; proposes 5-point program
NY Times survey of conditions in NYC Met Area finds racial imbalances among chief problems
NASA and Defense Dept cut USAF role in Gemini Project; USAF to hold tests but its astronauts will not orbit in capsule
Pres Kennedy, to demonstrate interest in expanded TV news coverage, int on new 30-rain W Cronkite (CBS) news broadcast
Govt asks for changes in MIG fighters to be supplied by USSR
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 28, 1963, covering September 3, 1963.
Allan Sherman
Trini Lopez
Stevie Wonder
Peter| Paul & Mary
Andy Williams
1963Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland[†]
Samuel Francis Adams is an American politician in Portland, Oregon. Adams was mayor of Portland from 2009 to 2012 and previously served on the Portland City Council and as chief of staff to former Mayor Vera Katz. Adams was the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city.
1963Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer[†]
Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak, , is a footballer from UAE, who played as a centre back for Al Khaleej Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He formed along with Khalil Ghanim, a hard defence line for the UAE team during their careers. His injury during the preparation for the 1990 FIFA World Cup had denied him from playing in the tournament.
1963Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic[†]
Malcolm Timothy Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published eight books. He is also the host of the podcast Revisionist History and co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries.
1963Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (born 1907)[†]
Frederick Louis MacNeice was an Irish poet, playwright and producer for the BBC. Known for its exploration of introspection, empiricism, and belonging, his poetic work is now ranked among the twentieth century's greatest. Despite being renowned as a member of the Auden Group, he was also an independently successful poet with an influential body of work, which is replete with themes ranging from faith to mortality. His body of work was appreciated by the public during his lifetime, due in part to his relaxed but socially and emotionally aware style. Never as overtly or simplistically political as some of his contemporaries, he expressed a humane opposition to totalitarianism as well as an acute awareness of his roots.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]