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December 23, 1963

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DONOVAN ASSAILS GROUPS OPPOSED TO RACIAL POLICY; Says School Board Has Done More Than Rights Units to Solve Imbalance Boycott Scheduled Donovan Scores Those Opposed To City School Integration Plan

By Martin Arnold

bd pres Donovan attacks such groups, holds bd does more for rights than they; defends Gross, ridicules demands for his dismissal; Galamison says Citywide Com seeks to 'tie up school system,' says he prefers to see it destroyed than to permit it to perpetuate segregation; says boycott leaders consider making Gross ouster among conditions for ending boycott; holds voluntary transfers have not desegregated any Negro schools, reply to Gross proposal for free-choice transfer program; says boycott will last until Negro schools are desegregated by compulsory attendance of whites; Human Rights Comm exec dir Jones attacks bd interim program for lacking timetable, repeats comm seeks role in settling problem; Gottlieb ends 7th wk-end fast to force integration at Harlem ps

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 18, 1963, covering December 23, 1963.

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

    The Singing Nun

    The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)

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

    In The Wind

    Peter| Paul & Mary

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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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    Album cover for Trini Lopez At PJ's by Trini Lopez

    Trini Lopez At PJ's

    Trini Lopez

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    Album cover for Golden Records Vol. 3 by Elvis Presley

    Golden Records Vol. 3

    Elvis Presley

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Notable Births

Jim Harbaugh

1963Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach[†]

James Joseph Harbaugh is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach at the University of Michigan from 2015 to 2023, the San Francisco 49ers from 2011 to 2014, Stanford University from 2007 to 2010, and the University of San Diego from 2004 to 2006. Harbaugh played college football at Michigan from 1983 to 1986 and in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons from 1987 to 2000, with his longest tenure (1987–1993) as a player with the Chicago Bears.

Jess Harnell

1963Jess Harnell, American singer-songwriter and voice actor[†]

Jess Harnell is an American voice actor. His roles include Wakko Warner in Animaniacs, Captain Hero in Drawn Together, Jerry in the first two seasons of Totally Spies!, Ironhide in the first three Transformers films directed by Michael Bay, and the titular character in the Crash Bandicoot franchise. Harnell has also been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998.

Donna Tartt

1963Donna Tartt, American author[†]

Donna Louise Tartt is an American novelist. She wrote the novels The Secret History (1992), The Little Friend (2002), and The Goldfinch (2013), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a 2019 film of the same name. She was included in Time magazine's 2014 "100 Most Influential People" list.

1963Ante Zelck, German businessman[†]

Ante Zelck is a German entrepreneur and hostel pioneer.

Historical Context for December 23, 1963

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