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R M Cohn-M E Gottesman perjury-conspiracy trial in Fed ct, NYC, ends in mistrial after ct excuses 1 juror because her father died; telling juror of death while jury was deliberating and then excusing her held moral decision, without legal precedent
US moves swiftly to organize opposition to junta; gets Brit and French support to try to reinstate Premier, head off civil war between right-wing and Pathet Lao forces; Phoumi Nosavan's unexplained role is major issue; his home reptdly surrounded by guards; Pres Johnson revs situation in conf with Sec McNamara and Under Sec Ball; US objectives detailed; State Dept reiterates support for '62 Geneva accords
delegates int
Defense Dept doubts appreciable cuts in next 5 yrs
US policy paper sees econ denial, with Eur support, as best curb an Cuba; scores Eur trade with Cuba
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 15, 1964, covering April 20, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964John Carney, American football player[†]
John Michael Carney is an American former professional football player who was a kicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 1987.
1964Crispin Glover, American actor and filmmaker[†]
Crispin Hellion Glover is an American actor, filmmaker and artist. He is known for portraying eccentric character roles on screen. His breakout role was as George McFly in Back to the Future (1985), which he followed by playing Layne, one of the leading roles in River's Edge (1986). Through the 1990s, Glover garnered attention for portraying smaller but notable roles, including Cousin Del in Wild at Heart (1990), Andy Warhol in The Doors (1991), Bobby McBurney in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and the Train Fireman in Dead Man (1995).
1964Andy Serkis, English actor and director[†]
Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Baloo in his self-directed film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), also portraying Kino Loy in the Star Wars Disney+ series Andor (2022).
1964Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater[†]
Rosalynn Diane Sumners is an American former competitive figure skater. She was the World Junior champion in 1980, the U.S. National champion in 1982, 1983 and 1984, World champion in 1983, and won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]