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Dallas Mayor Cabell, C of C pres Cullum, other civic and business leaders apologize to Stevenson; copy sent to Pres Kennedy; incident deplored by Gov Connally, Sen Tower and Dallas Times Herald; Stevenson; in Los Angeles, unperturbed; addresses group on UN
UN mission confs with Ngo Dinh Nhu; visits Xa Loi Pagoda, where only 2 monks are present; illus; Govt cancels its visit to An Quang Pagoda, fearing Buddhist demonstration; mission adheres to tightly arranged Govt schedule; Govt pub 3 lrs supposedly from Buddhists; 1 links situation to 'internatl adventurers,'
Ben Bella agrees to conf with Hassan and Pres Nasser (UAR), Pres Toure (Guinea), Pres Bourguiba (Tunisia), Pres Keita (Mali) and King Idris (Libya) in Tunis; Haile Selassie to be neutral chmn; rebel leader Ait Ahmed denies Hadj joins Govt; says be agrees to temporary truce during dispute
Ecumenical Council indicates RC Ch is not opposed to accepting fixed Sunday for Easter if acceptable to others, especially to Orthodox Ch; move seen big step toward RC-Orthodox Ch unity as Orthodox system of determining Easter varies from RC Ch practice
PHS and Weather Bur issue 'air-pollution alert' for met area, giving local authorities increased powers to fight health hazards as pollution rises due to stagnant air conditions and atmospheric inversion
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 23, 1963, covering October 26, 1963.
Peter| Paul & Mary
Soundtrack
Allan Sherman
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
1963Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and producer[†]
Thomas Cavanagh is a Canadian actor. He is known for a variety of roles on American television, including starring roles in Ed (2000–2004), Love Monkey (2006) and Trust Me (2009), and recurring roles on Providence and Scrubs. From 2014 to 2023, he portrayed Harrison Wells and Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash on The CW television series The Flash; Cavanagh also directed several episodes of The Flash. In 2023, he became the host of Hey Yahoo! on GSN.
1963Ted Demme, American actor, director, and producer (died 2002)[†]
Edward Kern Demme was an American director, producer, and actor.
1963Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Natalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first seven albums before leaving to begin her solo career in 1993. She has since released nine studio albums as a solo artist.
1963Craig Shakespeare, English football player (Walsall, West Bromwich Albion) and manager (Leicester City) (died 2024)[†]
Craig Robert Shakespeare was an English professional footballer and coach best known for managing at the time Premier League club Leicester City in 2017.
1963Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (born 1879)[†]
Elizabeth Catherine Gunn was a New Zealand school and army doctor and public health official. She was a pioneer in the field of children's health, and was instrumental in the establishment of children's health camps in New Zealand.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]