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June 13, 1964

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ANKARA, Turkey, June 12—Premier Ismet Inonu has accepted President Johnson's invitation to visit Washington, it was reliably reported here tonight.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 10, 1964, covering June 13, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hello; Dolly by Louis Armstrong

    Hello; Dolly

    Louis Armstrong

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    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Funny Girl by Barbra Streisand

    Funny Girl

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
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    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Hello; Dolly! by Original Cast

    Hello; Dolly!

    Original Cast

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
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    17
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Beatles' Second Album by The Beatles

    The Beatles' Second Album

    The Beatles

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    4
    Peak
    1
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    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Academy Award Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" by Andy Williams

    The Academy Award Winning "Call Me Irresponsible"

    Andy Williams

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    6

Notable Births

1964Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator[†]

Christian Wilhelm Berger is a Romanian composer, organist, and a lecturer at the Bucharest Academy.

1964Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright[†]

Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke is an English actress and comedian. She appeared in sketch shows such as French and Saunders (1988–1999), played a recurring role as Magda on the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), and performed frequent collaborations with fellow comedian Harry Enfield. From 1999 to 2001, she starred as Linda La Hughes on the BBC sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme, for which she received a British Comedy Award and two BAFTA nominations.

Piyush Goyal

1964Piyush Goyal, Indian politician, Minister of Railways[†]

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is an Indian politician who is serving as Minister of Commerce and Industry since 2019. He also served as Minister of Textiles and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Formerly a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the former Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. Goyal was elected as member of 18th Lok Sabha Representing Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency. He is married to Seema Goyal and has two children, Dhruv Goyal and Radhika Goyal.

Šarūnas Marčiulionis

1964Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player[†]

Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Widely considered one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Marčiulionis was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014 and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.

Historical Context for June 13, 1964

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