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November 24, 1963

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Headlines from November 24, 1963

KHRUSHCHEV PAYS SPECIAL RESPECTS; Calls on Kohler and Sends Messages--Mikoyan Will Attend Capital Rites Khruschev and the Soviet People, in Unusal Action, Pay Special Respects MIKOYAN IS GOING TO CAPITAL RITES Premier Sends Messages and Calls on Kohler--TV Newscasts Are Shown Imagination Captured Marine and a Flag

By Henry Tanner Special To the New York Times

MOSCOW, Nov. 23--Premier Khrushchev, in a series of unusual actions, emphasized today the Soviet Union's deep concern over the death of President Kennedy.

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CAPITAL WEIGHING POLITICAL EFFECT; Party Chiefs Expect Johnson to Push Kennedy Program and Be Nominee in '64 Legislative Outlook CAPITAL WEIGHING POLITICAL EFFECT G.O.P. Liberal Foreseen

By Warren Weaver Jr. Special To the New York Times

Johnson seen certain to be Dem nominee; Sen Humphrey most frequently mentioned for Vice Pres; Johnson's greatest potential weakness seen lack of appeal to ind and liberal voters; Repubs seen capitalizing on this and naming someone like Rockefeller, Nixon or Scranton; Goldwater popularity still factor in all Repub reasoning

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 20, 1963, covering November 24, 1963.

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    Album cover for In The Wind by Peter| Paul & Mary

    In The Wind

    Peter| Paul & Mary

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    1
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    1
    Weeks
    5
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    Album cover for The Second Barbra Streisand Album by Barbra Streisand

    The Second Barbra Streisand Album

    Barbra Streisand

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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for Golden Records Vol. 3 by Elvis Presley

    Golden Records Vol. 3

    Elvis Presley

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Trini Lopez At PJ's by Trini Lopez

    Trini Lopez At PJ's

    Trini Lopez

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    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15
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    Album cover for Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul by Ray Charles

    Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul

    Ray Charles

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    13

Notable Births

1963Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (died 2018)[†]

Neale James Cooper was a Scottish football player and coach. He played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s, most prominently for the Aberdeen team managed by Alex Ferguson, and later played for Aston Villa, Rangers, Reading, Dunfermline Athletic and Ross County. Cooper then became a coach, and worked as a manager in England with Hartlepool United (twice) and Gillingham, and in Scotland with Ross County and Peterhead.

Notable Deaths

Lee Harvey Oswald

1963Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (born 1939)[†]

Lee Harvey Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.

Historical Events

Lee Harvey Oswald

1963Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby on live television. Robert H. Jackson takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Photography.[†]

Lee Harvey Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.

Historical Context for November 24, 1963

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