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Johnson says offer has been made formal by Sec Rusk, press conf; those invited include Gov Wallace; Johnson, in comment on briefings, gibes at Nixon
Johnson promised sympathetic hearing for rrs on IRS refusal to allow them to depreciate for tax purposes $4-million investment in tunnels and grading; Kenefick says strike against NY Central has been canceled
arrives, NYC; arrested; illus
statement deploring rights demonstrations that interrupted Pres Johnson s at fair opening
some who helped plan stall-in indicate they were never serious about project; Judge Goldstein advises Bklyn CORE to get 'better' leader than Brunson; Brunson jailed on charge stemming from earlier demonstration; L Landry denies pledging cars for stall-in; NY CORE treas J Springer hails demonstration; Farmer, other demonstrators freed
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 22, 1964, covering April 24, 1964.
The Beatles
The Beatles
Al Hirt
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964Helga Arendt, German sprinter (died 2013)[â ]
Helga Arendt was a West German sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
1964Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer[â ]
Cedric Antonio Kyles, better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian, actor and television host. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993â1994 season and Def Comedy Jam in 1995. He is best known for co-starring with Steve Harvey on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, as one of The Original Kings of Comedy, and for starring as Eddie Walker in Barbershop. He hosted the 12th season of the daytime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2013â14 and starred in the TV Land original series The Soul Man, which aired from 2012 to 2016. He has also done voice work for Ice Age, the Madagascar film series, Charlotte's Web, Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue. He currently stars on the CBS sitcom The Neighborhood. In 2019, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1964Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor and producer[â ]
Djimon Gaston Hounsou is a Beninese-American actor. He began his career appearing in music videos and made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990). He then earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad (1997), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. For his performances in In America (2002) and Blood Diamond (2006), Hounsou was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
1964Witold SmorawiĆski, Polish guitarist, composer, and educator[â ]
Witold SmorawiĆski is a Polish classical guitarist, composer and teacher. He comes from a family of musicians and therefore he had a chance to perform in public since his childhood.
1964Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (born 1895)[â ]
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[â ]