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Pope sends him greetings and 3 medals commemg Ecumenical Council
says budget will be several hundred million dollars below fiscal '64 level, press conf; discusses econ moves with McNamara, service sees and mil leaders
Eisenhower opposes delaying Jan 29 nationwide dinners; many prominent Repubs want dinners delayed till Apr because of Kennedy assassination; Chmn Miller decides they will be held as planned; Eisenhower wants Amb Lodge added to speakers list
Castro, reptdly unsure of Johnson Adm aims, seeks to mend links to USSR, strained by close Communist China ties
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 4, 1963, covering December 8, 1963.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
Peter| Paul & Mary
Trini Lopez
1963Greg Howe, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[†]
Gregory Howe is an American guitarist and composer. An active musician across four decades, he has released ten studio albums in addition to collaborating with a wide variety of artists.
1963Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler[†]
Toshiaki Kawada is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), whom he worked for from his debut in 1982 up until 2008. In the promotion, he was a five-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, a nine-time World Tag Team Champion, three-time winner of the Real World Tag League and a two-time winner of the Champion Carnival. He was also recognized as the ace of the promotion from 2000 to 2005.
1963Wendell Pierce, American actor[†]
Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor of stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying Detective Bunk Moreland in the HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008.
1963Ricky Walford, Australian rugby league player[†]
Ricky Walford is an Indigenous Australian former professional and state representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Sydney Roosters, North Sydney Bears and the St. George Dragons. He was a goal-kicking Winger.
1963Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1908)[†]
Sarit Thanarat was a Thai politician and military commander. He served as commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army and as Minister of Defense during Plaek Phibunsongkhram's premiership. In 1957, he became chief of a military junta after leading a coup in which Phibun was overthrown. Sarit lasted the de facto prime minister only five days before was replaced by Pote Sarasin, but assumed power again as the head of the Revolutionary Council after 1958 coup and then as the eleventh Prime Minister of Thailand in February 1959 until his death in 1963.
1963Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.[†]
Pan Am Flight 214 was a scheduled flight of Pan American World Airways from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Baltimore, and then to Philadelphia in the United States. On December 8, 1963, while flying from Baltimore to Philadelphia, the Boeing 707-121 crashed near Elkton, Maryland. All 81 passengers and crew on the plane were killed. The crash was Pan Am's first fatal accident with the 707, which it had introduced to its fleet five years earlier.
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]