dash. Born: Nando Reis, Brazilian musician and producer, in São Paulo January 13, 1963 (Sunday) Sylvanus Olympio, the 60-year-old President of Togo, was assassinated. Olympio apparently was seeking refuge at the United States Embassy in Lomé, next to the presidential palace. U.S. Ambassador Leon B. Poullada said that "the body, riddled by several bullets, was found crumpled only three feet from the embassy's gate". The President's killer, Colonel Étienne Eyadéma, would assume the presidency in 1967 and hold the office until his death in 2005. January 14, 1963 (Monday) A fire broke out in the engine room of the tourist ferryboat, Djandji Raja, as it was traversing the Toba Lake in North Sumatra, then caused a fuel tank to explode. Of the 250 people on board, 105 were burned to death. Word of the accident did not reach Jakarta until five days later. France's President Charles de Gaulle indicated in a press conference that he would veto the application of the United Kingdom to join the Common Market. The Rolling Stones, with Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones, pianist Ian Stewart, bass guitarist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts first played together as a group, with a performance at The Flamingo Club in the West End of London. A month before she would commit suicide, Sylvia Plath was able to realize the publication of her first and only novel, The Bell Jar, by the Heinemann company. The locomotive Flying Scotsman (British Railways No. 60103) made its last scheduled run, before going into the hands of Alan Pegler for preservation. George C. Wallace was sworn in as Governor of Alabama. In his inaugural speech, he defiantly proclaimed "In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say 'segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.' Let us send this message back to Washington, that from this day we are standing up, and the heel of tyranny does not fit the neck of an upright man." Mercury spacecraft 15A was redesignated 15B and allocated as a backup for the MA-9 mission. In the event Mercury-Atlas 10 (MA-10) were flown, 15B would be the prime spacecraft. Modifications were started immediately with respect to the hand controller rigging procedures, pitch and yaw control valves, and other technical changes. The Manned Spacecraft