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US recalls Mahoney for talks; delivers 3 strong protests; US sources see no cause for demonstration or for anti-Amer campaign in Govt-controlled press, suspect Nkrumah seeks to ascribe serious internal opposition to US intervention
to cut visit short because of Cyprus situation
RECIPE FOR HIGH‐FLYING STOCK? it's an old‐line concern, blooming in a new field. Robert Deasy discusses the rumors. hopes. Today's World‐Telegram‐Advt.
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Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 5, 1964, covering February 6, 1964.
The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)
Peter| Paul & Mary
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1964Laurent Cabannes, French rugby player[†]
Laurent Jean-Marie Cabannes is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a flanker.
1964Gordon Downie, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2017)[†]
Gordon Edgar Downie was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. He is revered by many as an inspiring and influential artist in Canada's music history.
1964Colin Miller, Australian cricketer and sportscaster[†]
Colin Reid Miller is an Australian former cricketer who played 18 Tests for Australia between 1998 and 2001. In May 2002, Miller announced his retirement from cricket.
1964Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian actor and director[†]
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev is a Russian filmmaker. His film The Return (2003) won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Following The Return, Zvyagintsev directed The Banishment (2007) and Elena (2011). His film Leviathan (2014) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 2014 and won the Best Film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. His most recent film Loveless won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and was among the nominees for Best International Feature Film at the 90th Academy Awards. He also won the Achievement in Directing award for this film at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
1964Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (born 1869)[†]
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who became the first president of the Philippines (1899–1901), and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic. He served the 2nd shortest term as president of the Philippines, lasting for only 2 years and 27 days, only behind Sergio Osmeña by 516 days, of which, he only lasted from August 1, 1944 to May 28, 1946. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901). He is regarded in the Philippines as having been the country's first president during the period of the First Philippine Republic, though he was not recognized as such outside of the revolutionary Philippines.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]