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October 28, 1963

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Headlines from October 28, 1963

33 CITY AGENCIES ASK 1.07 BILLION; 60% CUT ORDERED; Capital Budget Request for 1964-65 Is Highest Ever Made for New Money HEARINGS START TODAY Schools Seek 238 Million, 4 Million Less Than in an 8-Month Period

By Clayton Knowles

Planning Comm repts 33 agencies ask record $1,072,592,472, '64-65; Chmn Ballard says requests must be cut 60% to keep budget within debt limit; projected ceiling is $436,400,000; requests for 5-yr program total $3,340,638,643; projected ceiling is $2,000,700,000; cutting seen difficult because of many long-deferred projects; renewal requests total $29,110,980; requests for new debt-exempt money total $193,608,731; table, by agency

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 23, 1963, covering October 28, 1963.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Peter; Paul And Mary by Peter| Paul & Mary

    Peter; Paul And Mary

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for Bye Bye Birdie by Soundtrack

    Bye Bye Birdie

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for My Son; The Nut by Allan Sherman

    My Son; The Nut

    Allan Sherman

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for (Moving) by Peter| Paul & Mary

    (Moving)

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Second Barbra Streisand Album by Barbra Streisand

    The Second Barbra Streisand Album

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Kevin Dineen

1963Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]

Kevin William Dineen is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. From 2021 to 2024, Dineen was the head coach of the Utica Comets in the American Hockey League (AHL). Dineen previously served as the head coach for the Florida Panthers and assistant coach of the Chicago Blackhawks. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec.

Lauren Holly

1963Lauren Holly, American actress[†]

Lauren Michael Holly is an American actress. She has played the roles of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the television series Picket Fences, NCIS Director Jenny Shepard in the series NCIS, and Dr. Betty Rogers on Motive. In film, she portrayed Mary Swanson in Dumb and Dumber (1994), Bruce Lee's wife Linda Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), Darian Smalls in Beautiful Girls (1996), and Gigi in What Women Want (2000).

Sheryl Underwood

1963Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host[†]

Sheryl Patrice Underwood is an American comedian, actress and television host. She first rose to prominence in the comedy world as the first female finalist in 1989's Miller Lite Comedy Search. Underwood was one of the hosts on the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk from September 2011 to December 2024, becoming the show's longest running co-host. She has received one Daytime Emmy Award from seven nominations.

Notable Deaths

Mart Saar

1963Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)[†]

Mart Saar was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.

Historical Context for October 28, 1963

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