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Papandreou outlines 10-point policy on Cyprus after talks with Makarios; says Greece will strive for Cyprus right to self-determination; says Greece and Turkey should improve relations; Makarios backs policy
J de Onis survey, made during 2-mo stay
Bklyn chap of CORE weighs program of Intentional water-wasting in campaign for racial integration; Water Supply Dept sees no cause for alarm because of plentiful supply but D'Angelo is appalled at wastage prospect
Maj Grissom, Lt Comdr Young named as 1st Gemini crew; Lt Comdr Schirra, Maj Stafford back-up crew; illus; temporary illness precludes Comdr Shepard
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 8, 1964, covering April 14, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964Brian Adams, American wrestler (died 2007)[â ]
Brian Keith Adams was an American professional wrestler. Adams is known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), under the name Crush, and for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name Brian Adams. Trained in Japan by Antonio Inoki, he was a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, a one-time WWF Tag Team Champion and a one-time AJPW World Tag Team Champion, among other accomplishments. He was a challenger for various singles titles in the WWF and WCW, including the WWF Championship. In 2002, he briefly tried a career in boxing until retiring due to back and shoulder injuries.
1964Jeff Andretti, American race car driver[â ]
Jeff Andretti is a former American professional race car driver. He competed in the Champ Car World Series and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991.
1964Jim Grabb, American tennis player[â ]
Jim Grabb is an American former professional tennis player. In doubles, he won the 1989 French Open and the 1992 US Open. He was ranked the world No. 1 doubles player in both 1989 and 1993. His best singles ranking of world No. 24, he achieved in 1990.
1964Jeff Hopkins, Welsh international footballer and manager[â ]
Jeffrey Hopkins is a former Welsh international football defender and current Melbourne Victory Women head coach, who most notably played club football for Fulham and Reading in the Football League.
1964Gina McKee, English actress[â ]
Georgina McKee is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003) and The Street (2007). She also starred on television in The Forsyte Saga (2002) and as Caterina Sforza in The Borgias (2011). Her film appearances include Notting Hill (1999), Phantom Thread (2017), and My Policeman (2022). On the stage, she has been nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for King Lear in 2011, Dear England in 2024, and The Years in 2025.
1964Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (born 1876)[â ]
Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva-Ehrenfest was a Russian-Dutch mathematician and physicist who made contributions to the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics with her husband Paul Ehrenfest.
1964Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (born 1907)[â ]
Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941â1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[â ]