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US restricts all USSR mil aides to Washington area in retaliation for USSR ban on travel by 4 US Embassy attaches in Moscow; refrains from making official announcement
formed by US indus at Johnson Adm behest under AID auspices; will send US business execs, mostly retired, to semideveloped countries to help form or expand industries; seen in operation by summer; modeled on Peace Corps; organizing com headed by D Rockefeller and S Linowitz: members listed; other details
Pol rights suspended for 10 yrs
France and Algeria sign pact to regulate flow of Algerian workers into France
Pors and illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 8, 1964, covering April 11, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Stephen Thomas Azar is an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and philanthropist. Active since 1996, he has released a total of seven studio albums: one on the former River North Records, one on Mercury Nashville, and five independently. Azar has charted nine times on Billboard Hot Country Songs, most successfully with his late 2001-early 2002 hit "I Don't Have to Be Me ", which reached the number two position there. After leaving Mercury in 2005, Azar began recording independently; Slide On Over Here, his second independently-released album, charted the top-40 country singles "Moo La Moo" and "Sunshine " in 2009.
1964John Cryer, English journalist and politician[†]
John Robert Cryer, Baron Cryer, is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 1997 to 2005 and the MP for Leyton and Wanstead from 2010 to 2024. Cryer was Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2015 to 2024, and was a lord-in-waiting in the House of Lords from 2024 until 2025.
1964Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist[†]
Johann Sebastian Paetsch is an American cellist and musician.
1964Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach[†]
Bret William Saberhagen is an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, and Boston Red Sox from 1984 through 1999, and a comeback in 2001.
1964Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner[†]
Patrick Sang is a Kenyan running coach and retired steeplechase runner.
1964Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.[†]
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian military officer and politician who served as the 26th president of Brazil, the first leader of the Brazilian military dictatorship following the 1964 coup d'état. He was a member of a more liberal "legalist" faction within the regime, as opposed to his more authoritarian successors.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]