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student demonstrations continue, Seoul; spread to 11 other cities; map; 57 police and 20 students injured in Kwangju riot; all assemblies and demonstrations banned, Seoul; curfew imposed; rigid press censorship imposed; combat-ready troops take up positions throughout city
NASSAU, Bahamas, June 4 —The capture of Manuel Ray, a Cuban exile leader, by a British naval party was confirmed today. Mr. Ray, who had vowed to be in Cuba by May 20, the 62d anniversary of Cuban independence, was among eight persons picked up at Anguilla Key Monday by the British destroyer Decoy as they loaded ammunition. Anguilla Key, 30 miles north of Cuba, has served as a staging area for anti‐Castro raids.
US experts at Honolulu reptdly concluded that Pathet Lao are not likely to press recent mil advantages but will seek pol and diplomatic consolidation of recent successes
Pres Johnson reptd concerned over possible violence during summer as civil rights protests spread, has discussed situation with Atty Gen Kennedy and other Justice Dept officials; Negro leaders have told Govt officials of inability to control more militant Negroes
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Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 3, 1964, covering June 5, 1964.
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
Louis Armstrong
The Beatles
Andy Williams
1964Lisa Cholodenko, American director and screenwriter[†]
Lisa Cholodenko is an American screenwriter and director. Cholodenko wrote and directed the films High Art (1998), Laurel Canyon (2002), and The Kids Are All Right (2010). She has also directed television, including the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014) and Unbelievable (2019). She has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe and has won an Emmy and a DGA Award.
1964Rick Riordan, American author[†]
Richard Russell Riordan Jr. is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States. 20th Century Fox adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films in which Riordan was not involved. Riordan currently serves as a co-creator and executive producer on the television series adaption of the book series that was released on Disney+ in 2023 and for which he won two Emmy Awards. Riordan's books have also spawned other related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.
1964DSV Alvin is commissioned.[†]
Alvin (DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills' Electronics Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Named to honor the prime mover and creative inspiration for the vehicle, Allyn Vine, Alvin was commissioned on June 5, 1964.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]