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January 18, 1964

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Headlines from January 18, 1964

DeAngelis Jailed on $46.5 Million Fraud Charge; Record Bail Cat to $150,000 as Key Figure in Food-Oil Scandal Is Arrested

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DeAngelis arrested, Newark, on Harbor Tank Storage Co charge that he defrauded it of $46 1/2 million; bail set at same amt under rare civil procedure, later cut to $150,000 by NJ Superior Ct; he is jailed when unable to post bail; illus; J Lomuscio, former warehouse custodian of Harbor Tank, named co-defendant, also jailed; DeAngelis, after arrest, sent to Fed ct in Newark with Rotello for hearing on contempt-of-ct charges; both avoid sentence there by agreeing to answer some questions; Harbor Tank charges against DeAngelis and Lomuscio detailed

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 15, 1964, covering January 18, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Singing Nun by The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)

    The Singing Nun

    The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for In The Wind by Peter| Paul & Mary

    In The Wind

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Fun In Acapulco by Elvis Presley

    Fun In Acapulco

    Elvis Presley

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Peter; Paul And Mary by Peter| Paul & Mary

    Peter; Paul And Mary

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23
  5. 5
    Album cover for West Side Story by Soundtrack

    West Side Story

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    23

Notable Births

Brady Anderson

1964Brady Anderson, American baseball player[†]

Brady Kevin Anderson is an American former baseball outfielder and executive who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2002) for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians. He spent the majority of his career as a center fielder and leadoff hitter for the Orioles in the 1990s, where he was a three-time All Star, and, in 1996, became the 15th player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in one season. Anderson bats and throws left-handed, stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall, and weighs 199 pounds (90 kg).

1964Richard Dunwoody, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster[†]

Thomas Richard Dunwoody MBE is a retired British National Hunt jockey. He was a three-time British Champion Jockey. He was the only jockey of his generation to win the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle.

Virgil Hill

1964Virgil Hill, American boxer[†]

Virgil Eugene Hill is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, and in 2015. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA light heavyweight title twice, from 1987 to 1997; the IBF and lineal light heavyweight titles from 1996 to 1997; and the WBA cruiserweight title twice, from 2000 to 2002 and 2006 to 2007. As an amateur, Hill won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2013, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

1964Jane Horrocks, English actress and singer[†]

Barbara Jane Horrocks is a British actress. She portrayed Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in the stage play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, and received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for the role in the film version of Little Voice.

Historical Context for January 18, 1964

In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]