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Govt announces plan for vast project to transform SE England to meet future needs for space and relieve crowding in London; envisages development of 3 new cities as counter-attractions to London; map
$35.2 million, 3.4-mi tunnel under Gt St Bernard Pass opens; links St Rhemy, Italy, with Cantine d'en Haute, Switzerland; 1st auto tunnel through Alps; took over 5 yrs to complete; 12 other tunnels through Alps noted; map
Named White House press sec; illus
FUNERALS FOR PETS MARBLE HILL CREMATORY FOR PET ANIMALS 418 W. 219 St.. NYC. Brochur LO 7‐3800. ADVT.
Sec Rusk warns USSR not to make incident a major issue; demands fliers release, conf with Amb Dobrynin; concedes USSR difficulty in accepting his contention that navigation errors caused 2 US planes to stray into E Ger in last 2 mos
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 18, 1964, covering March 20, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter[†]
Natacha Atlas is an Egyptian-Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne". Her music has been influenced by many styles including Maghrebain, hip hop, drum and bass and reggae.
1964Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (born 1923)[†]
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely acknowledged alcohol dependence, despite attempts to treat it, impacted his creative capacities and contributed to health and social problems which curtailed his artistic output and finally his life.
1964The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.[†]
The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 23-member international organization devoted to space exploration. With its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 2,547 people globally as of 2023, ESA was founded in 1975 in the context of European integration. Its 2025 annual budget was €7.7 billion.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]