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March 14, 1964

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Headlines from March 14, 1964

Ruby Jury Gets Case After a Long Delay

By Unknown Author

case goes to jury at 1:05 AM; 7 attys took part in lengthy summation; details; Belli asked acquittal, state death penalty; defense raised 139 exceptions to Brown's written charge to jury; testimony ended with 66th witness, Dr Gibbs, encephalograph authority, called by defense to rebut Schwab, Mackay, Forster; he testified that Ruby has psychomotor epilepsy and that victims can experience sudden outbursts of rage and memory impairment

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 11, 1964, covering March 14, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles

    Meet The Beatles!

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Introducing...The Beatles by The Beatles

    Introducing...The Beatles

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Honey In The Horn by Al Hirt

    Honey In The Horn

    Al Hirt

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    26
  4. 4
    Album cover for Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues by Nancy Wilson

    Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues

    Nancy Wilson

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for Hello; Dolly! by Original Cast

    Hello; Dolly!

    Original Cast

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    4

Notable Births

1964Chris Johns, Australian rugby league player and administrator[†]

Chris Johns is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the centres, achieving representative honors for Australia and New South Wales. His club football career was spent with the St. George Dragons and Brisbane Broncos, as well as two spells in England, first with Castleford in 1986-87 and then Barrow in 1989–90. After retiring from the playing field, Johns worked in the administration of the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm clubs.

Historical Events

Jack Ruby

1964Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin who had shot and killed John F. Kennedy in the previous year.[†]

Jack Leon Ruby was an American nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

Historical Context for March 14, 1964

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