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2 Turkish Cypriotes killed, 9 Turkish and Greek Cypriotes injured in clashes, Nicosia, over proposed Const changes Turkish Cypriotes fear will weaken their rights; Makarios and Kutchuk appeal for calm; map
S Vietnam forces, using tactics long advocated by Amers, ambush Vietcong unit, inflict heavy losses, U Minh jungle; map
Cornell's basketball team, scoring on 18 of 35 field-goal attempts in the second half, halted Columbia, 76--64, yesterday at the University Hall Gymnasium. It was the opening Ivy League game of the season for both teams.
The direction of the cold war and the state of the conflicts within the two camps had been indicated clearly in the last few months.
Bulgarian press agency says Georciev confessed to spying for US for $200,000 which he spent on loose living; says he started spying for CIA in '56 when he came to US as member of UN delegation; says contact known as Anderson was really C Black, son of ex-dir of Amer Coll in Sofia; charges detailed; CIA declines comment; UN delegates recall accused; Black derides charge against him; some NYC addresses mentioned in charges checked
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 18, 1963, covering December 22, 1963.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
Trini Lopez
Elvis Presley
1963Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer and coach[†]
Giuseppe "Beppe" Bergomi is an Italian former professional footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan. He is regarded as one of the greatest Italian defenders of all time, and as one of the best of his generation, being elected by Pelé to be part of the FIFA 100 in 2004.
1963Brian McMillan, South African cricketer and educator[†]
Brian Mervin McMillan played 38 Test matches and 78 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1991 to 1998. He was rated by many as the best all-rounder in the world in the mid-1990s, and won South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year awards in 1991 and 1996.
1963Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator[†]
Luna H. Mitani is a Japanese american artist. He works in the fields of painting and pen & ink drawing.
1963The cruise ship Lakonia burns 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.[†]
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on tours known as "shore excursions".
In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]