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Tammany leader Costikyan says Dem party will restore to neighborhood pol clubhouses some of past functions of helping people improve their lot
OUR text this morning is borrowed from a big advertisement published in the metropolitan newspapers early last week by a foreign‐flag airline that flies the North Atlantic, whose airlanes are ruffled once again by another massive air‐fare controversy.
If anyone can be said to be tailor‐made to head the vast project of developing the immense hydroelectric power potential of Hamilton Falls in Labrador, it is Robert Henry Winters, the 53‐year‐old chairman of the British Newfoundland Corporation
President Johnson's dramatic and distinctive State of the Union message dominated discussion in the world of business and finance last week and overshadowed all other developments.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 11—An accomplished 15‐year‐old girl surprised the world of figure skating tonight. In unexpected fashion Peggy Gale Fleming, a dynamic youngster, swept the women's national senior title at the Cleveland Arena.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 8, 1964, covering January 12, 1964.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
Barbra Streisand
Elvis Presley
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1964Jeff Bezos, American computer scientist and businessman[â ]
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth stood at US$220.9 billion, making him the third richest individual in the world. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
1964Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.[â ]
Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[â ]