Author: Kif Bowden-Smith

Kif Bowden-Smith is the founder of the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System

Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum, as enjoyed by Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson

Disasters
ALASKA: The Liberian-registered Spanish ship SS San Patrick runs aground on Utak Island, killing 32 crew members
Europe
HOUSE OF COMMONS: Anne Kerr, MP for Rochester and Chatham, demands that the Postmaster General takes on powers to open sealed mail to ensure it doesn't contain "perverted and blasphemous muck" like the US magazine 'Penthouse'. Assistant Postmaster General Joe Slater MP replies that the Post Office can, will and do remove material sent by the cheaper unsealed post that contains filth - 800 items a year in 1962 and 1963. But it would be impossible to open and examine every piece of mail sent by the slightly more expensive sealed post
MOSCOW: Reversing several decades of forced collectivisation, the Soviet Union will now allow farm workers to buy livestock for their own use; the central bank will even advance loans to help the purchases
Official Singles Chart
- ① ⏸ I Feel Fine - The Beatles
- ② ⬆️ Downtown - Petula Clark
- ③ ⬆️ Walk Tall - Val Doonican
The Americas
WASHINGTON DC: President Johnson announces plans to withdraw from the Panama Canal Zone and eventually return sovereignty of the area to the Republic of Panama; additionally, the USA will talk to Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Colombia about building a second, larger canal through the isthmus

Disasters
ALASKA: The Liberian-registered Spanish ship SS San Patrick runs aground on Utak Island, killing 32 crew members
Europe
HOUSE OF COMMONS: Anne Kerr, MP for Rochester and Chatham, demands that the Postmaster General takes on powers to open sealed mail to ensure it doesn't contain "perverted and blasphemous muck" like the US magazine 'Penthouse'. Assistant Postmaster General Joe Slater MP replies that the Post Office can, will and do remove material sent by the cheaper unsealed post that contains filth - 800 items a year in 1962 and 1963. But it would be impossible to open and examine every piece of mail sent by the slightly more expensive sealed post
MOSCOW: Reversing several decades of forced collectivisation, the Soviet Union will now allow farm workers to buy livestock for their own use; the central bank will even advance loans to help the purchases
Official Singles Chart
- ① ⏸ I Feel Fine - The Beatles
- ② ⬆️ Downtown - Petula Clark
- ③ ⬆️ Walk Tall - Val Doonican
The Americas
WASHINGTON DC: President Johnson announces plans to withdraw from the Panama Canal Zone and eventually return sovereignty of the area to the Republic of Panama; additionally, the USA will talk to Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Colombia about building a second, larger canal through the isthmus