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October 4, 1963

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Contractors Cited for an Average of 10 Failures on Each Space Trip; MERCURY DEFECTS LAID TO INDUSTRY 22-Month 'Slippage' A Lesson Learned Unware of Report

By John W. Finney Special To the New York Times

NASA scores poor workmanship provided by US cos for Project Mercury, rept on project; repts avg of 10 malfunctions or failures in spacecraft components for each flight; holds 22-mo 'slippage' showed lack of experience and appreciation of tech problems; NASA aide W C Williams says project showed need for tightening aircraft indus standards for space equipment; examples of poor workmanship and defective parts listed; McDonnell spokesman declines comment

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 2, 1963, covering October 4, 1963.

  1. 1
    Album cover for My Son; The Nut by Allan Sherman

    My Son; The Nut

    Allan Sherman

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Bye Bye Birdie by Soundtrack

    Bye Bye Birdie

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul by Ray Charles

    Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul

    Ray Charles

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Peter; Paul And Mary by Peter| Paul & Mary

    Peter; Paul And Mary

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Trini Lopez At PJ's by Trini Lopez

    Trini Lopez At PJ's

    Trini Lopez

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

A. C. Green

1963A.C. Green, American basketball player[†]

A.C. Green Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Iron Man", he holds a National Basketball Association (NBA) record for most consecutive regular-season games played with 1,192. Green played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat. He found most success with the Lakers, with whom he won three championships in 1987, 1988 and 2000, and was named an NBA All-Star in 1990.

1963Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator[†]

Kōji Ishikawa is a Japanese children's book author and illustrator. His work includes advertisements, magazine illustration, web, character design and book design. In recent years he has made children's books. He lives in Tokyo with his wife and two children.

Notable Deaths

Alar Kotli

1963Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (born 1904)[†]

Alar Kotli was an Estonian architect. He studied sculpture at the art school Pallas in Tartu during 1922–1923 and mathematics at the University of Tartu. He graduated from the University of technology in Gdańsk in 1927 as an architect.

Historical Events

Hurricane Flora

1963Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.[†]

Hurricane Flora was an extremely deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a death total of at least 7,193. The seventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season, Flora developed from a disturbance in the Intertropical Convergence Zone on September 26 while located 755 miles (1,215 km) southwest of the Cape Verde islands. After remaining a weak depression for several days, it rapidly organized on September 29 to attain tropical storm status. Flora continued to strengthen, reaching Category 3 hurricane status after moving through the Windward Islands and passing over Tobago, and it reached maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (233 km/h) in the Caribbean.

Historical Context for October 4, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]