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May 27, 1964

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Headlines from May 27, 1964

Mets 19, Cubs 1

By Unknown Author

An eyewitness account of the game, the official box score and other items of evidence will be found on Page 27.

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Peking Rebuffs London

By Unknown Author

Min Chen Yi rejects Brit appeal for Communist China's aid in halting fighting, lr to charge d'affaires Garvey; scores US; proposes mins conf on situation be held in Pnompenh, Cambodia, in June; says proposal is being sent to USSR and 12 other nations; Brit sources disclose USSR no longer provides logistical support for Pathet Lao

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 27, 1964, covering May 27, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Beatles' Second Album by The Beatles

    The Beatles' Second Album

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hello; Dolly! by Original Cast

    Hello; Dolly!

    Original Cast

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Funny Girl by Barbra Streisand

    Funny Girl

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Hello; Dolly by Louis Armstrong

    Hello; Dolly

    Louis Armstrong

    Last week
    18
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles

    Meet The Beatles!

    The Beatles

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18

Notable Births

Adam Carolla

1964Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by Guinness World Records in 2011.

Notable Deaths

Jawaharlal Nehru

1964Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889)[†]

Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years. Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the 1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nation. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, he wrote books such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929), An Autobiography (1936) and The Discovery of India (1946), that have been read around the world.

Historical Context for May 27, 1964

In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]