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In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]
1963Steve Blackman, American wrestler and martial artist[†]
Steve Blackman is an American martial arts instructor and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1997 to 2002, where he was a frequent challenger for the promotion's mid-card titles. He held the WWF Hardcore Championship six times and holds the record for most combined days as champion, a total of 172 days.
1963Érik Comas, French race car driver[†]
Érik Gilbert Comas is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 1994. In Japanese motorsport, Comas won the All-Japan GT Championship in 1998 and 1999 with Nismo.
1963Johnny Dawkins, American basketball player and coach[†]
Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American and national player of the year as a senior in 1986 while at Duke from 1982 to 1986. Dawkins subsequently played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the San Antonio Spurs (1986–1989), Philadelphia 76ers (1989–1994), and Detroit Pistons (1994–1995). From 1998 to 2008, he served as an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, Duke.
1963Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Greg Weisman is an American writer, producer and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the animated series Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Young Justice and as a producer for the second season of W.I.T.C.H.
Internatl Telecommunications Union to conf Oct 7 on internatl allocation of radio frequencies; USSR offers new proposal; US sees hope for accord
Pres Kennedy dedicates dam
8 families in 8th Av, Harlem, slum tenement begin rent strike
rejects having world split up by 2 'foreign hogemonies,' ss, Belley and Bourg-en-Bresse; upholds France as example to other countries who want to 'free their personalities,'
Valachi identifies Cosa Nostra leaders, subcom; says he hopes to destroy them because they mistreated underlings; identifies Genovese as boss of bosses; illus
with Home and Schroeder
Moses rejects Educ Bd plea to give reduced admission rates to school groups
Community Service Soc and Citizens Union urge Estimate Bd to reject amendments
US Deputy Asst Sec Schaetzel holds integrated Eur force unfeasible pending Eur pol union, conf, Oxfordshire, Eng, on issue
Asst Sec Sylvester denies he manages news
8 masked bandits rob armored truck of $252,000 near London; illus
new 6-party Cabinet sworn in; list; 700-1,000 reptdly held since coup took place; several members of Bosch Cabinet who were held freed; new regime upset by US suspension of ties; Mex severs ties; new Foreign Min Reid Cabral, though opposed to Bosch, deplores coup; says he accepted office in hope of avoiding mil domination; phone campaign urges gen strike; Bosch statement denouncing coup distributed by students, printed in 1 newspaper