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December 9, 1963

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Headlines from December 9, 1963

JOHNSON OFFERS TO HELP BOLIVIA FREE 4 AMERICANS; La Paz Declines Immediate Assistance--Red Cross Approaches Captors ENVOY TO U.S. CONFIDENT White House Emphasis Seen as Move to Stem a Wave of Latin Kidnapings Captives Are Moved JOHNSON OFFERS BOLIVIA SUPPORT Early Release Forecast Troops Move Into Region

By Henry Raymont Special To the New York Times

Pres Johnson offers to aid Bolivian efforts to free Amers; confs with Sec Rusk, Asst Sec Martin, McG Bundy; Amb Henderson repts Pres Paz Estenssoro has taken measures to obtain release and needs no aid now; Red Cross team on way to Catavi, where 4 are now held with 17 other hostages; map; Bolivian Amb Sanchez Losada confident of release

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 4, 1963, covering December 9, 1963.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Singing Nun by The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)

    The Singing Nun

    The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for In The Wind by Peter| Paul & Mary

    In The Wind

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Second Barbra Streisand Album by Barbra Streisand

    The Second Barbra Streisand Album

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    13
  4. 4
    Album cover for Peter; Paul And Mary by Peter| Paul & Mary

    Peter; Paul And Mary

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for Trini Lopez At PJ's by Trini Lopez

    Trini Lopez At PJ's

    Trini Lopez

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    17

Notable Births

1963Dave Hilton Jr., Canadian boxer[†]

Dave "Davey" Hilton Jr. is a Canadian former boxing world champion. He is also known for being convicted of sexually assaulting two of his daughters.

Empress Masako

1963Empress Masako, Japanese consort of Emperor Naruhito[†]

Masako is Empress of Japan as the wife of Emperor Naruhito.

Notable Deaths

Daniel O. Fagunwa

1963Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (born 1903)[†]

Chief Daniel Olorunfáșčmi FĂĄgĂșnwĂ  MBE, popularly known as D. O. FĂĄgĂșnwĂ , was a Nigerian author of YorĂčbĂĄ heritage who pioneered the YorĂčbĂĄ language novel.

1963Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (born 1905)[†]

Perry Gilbert Eddy Miller was an American intellectual historian and a co-founder of the field of American Studies. Miller specialized in the history of early America and took an active role in a revisionist view of the colonial Puritan theocracy that was cultivated at Harvard University beginning in the 1920s. Heavy drinking led to his premature death at the age of 58.

Historical Context for December 9, 1963

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