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January 20, 1964

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Headlines from January 20, 1964

CITY MAY BOLSTER HOUSING COURTS; Weighs Revisions to Curb Leniency Toward Slum Owners, Mayor Says

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Mayor Wagner repts city weighs changes in judical procedure to cut leniency toward slum landlords, holds Criminal Ct judges who also hear other cases do not understand housing problem, TV panel int; Chmn Mollen holds it difficult for judges to view housing violations as serious after dealing with crimes of violence; J Gray stresses need for stricter law enforcement; Admr Gabel backs rent strikes as way to goad pub officials, TV int

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Airport Reported Lost

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LONDON, Monday, Jan. 20 (AP)—A British source said Tanganyika rebels had taken Dar es Salaam's airport and General Post Office.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 15, 1964, covering January 20, 1964.

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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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    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Fun In Acapulco by Elvis Presley

    Fun In Acapulco

    Elvis Presley

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    Album cover for Peter; Paul And Mary by Peter| Paul & Mary

    Peter; Paul And Mary

    Peter| Paul & Mary

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    Album cover for West Side Story by Soundtrack

    West Side Story

    Soundtrack

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Notable Births

Ozzie Guillén

1964Ozzie GuillĂ©n, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager[†]

Oswaldo José Guillén Barrios is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball player who is the current manager of Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan League. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox, from 1985 to 2000. During that time, he won the American League Rookie of the Year Award and also a Gold Glove. He was considered one of the best defensive shortstops of his era. Guillen later managed the Chicago White Sox from 2004 to 2011, winning the World Series in 2005 and then moving to the Miami Marlins in 2012.

Ron Harper

1964Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach[†]

Ronald Harper Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played for four teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1986 and 2001 and is a five-time NBA champion.

Jack Lewis (author)

1964Jack Lewis, American soldier and author[†]

Jack Lewis is an American author and military veteran.

1964Kazushige Nojima, Japanese screenwriter and songwriter[†]

Kazushige Nojima is a Japanese video game writer. He is best known for writing several installments of Square Enix's Final Fantasy franchise—namely Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs Advent Children and Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy X and X-2—in addition to the Kingdom Hearts series, the Glory of Heracles series, and the story to the Subspace Emissary mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Nojima also wrote the original lyrics of "Liberi Fatali" for Final Fantasy VIII and both "Suteki da Ne" and the "Hymn of the Fayth" for Final Fantasy X, as well as "No Promises to Keep" for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. He is also the founder of Stellavista Ltd.

Koko Pimentel

1964Aquilino Pimentel III, Filipino lawyer and politician[†]

Aquilino Martin "Koko" de la Llana Pimentel III is a Filipino politician and lawyer who has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2011. He has served as Senate minority leader since 2022 and previously served as the senate president from 2016 to 2018.

Fareed Zakaria

1964Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author[†]

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-born American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly paid column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.

Historical Context for January 20, 1964

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