On this day
June 17, 1964
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from June 17, 1964
POLICE DECRY BILL FOR REVIEW PANEL; 1,200 at City Hall Protest Plan for Civilians to Scan Charges of Brutality
over 1,200 police protest bill, City Hall; City Council com opens hearings on bill; illus; Murphy, PBA pres Cassese and NYCTA reprs testify against it; N Thomas, NAACP, ACLU, City Club and Liberal party back it
SENATE SPEED‐UP PUTS RIGHTS BILL NEAR FINAL VOTE; 34 Roll‐Calls, a Record, Are Taken—Southerners Lose Bids on All Amendments
Sen takes 34 roll-calls on civil rights bill amendments, record number for day; previous record, in '51, was 16
Souphanouvong Accuses U.S.
Souvanna Phouma asks Souphanouvong to meet in neutral country to try to settle dispute; says latter rejected suggestion to meet in Vientiane; Souphanouvong blames US for Khang Khay raid; backs proposal to reconvene '62 Geneva conf; repts Pathet Lao troops captured pilot of US reconnaissance jet downed June 6
CAN CHAMPAGNE TONY DO IT AGAIN?
Joe Williams and Larry Robinson talk about Tony Lema's chances ta the National Open. Today's World‐Telegram—Advt.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 17, 1964, covering June 17, 1964.
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Hello; Dolly
Louis Armstrong
- Last week
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- 1
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- 6
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Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand
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- 2
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- 8
- 3
Hello; Dolly!
Original Cast
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- Peak
- 1
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- 18
- 4
The Beatles' Second Album
The Beatles
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- 9
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The Academy Award Winning "Call Me Irresponsible"
Andy Williams
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- 5
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- 5
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- 7
Notable Births
1964Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver[†]
Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello is an Italian professional racing driver. He is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Bentley in 2003 and Audi in 2004 and 2008. Capello is a two-time American Le Mans Series champion, a five-time 12 Hours of Sebring winner, and the record holder for most wins at Petit Le Mans, having won five times. Capello has also raced in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, the FIA World Endurance Championship, DTM and the Italian GT Championship.
1964Michael Gross, German swimmer[†]
Michael Groß, usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimmer from Germany. He is 201 centimetres tall, and received the nickname "The Albatross" for his especially long arms that gave him a total span of 2.13 meters. Gross, competing for West Germany, won three Olympic gold medals, two in 1984 and one in 1988 in the freestyle and butterfly events, in addition to two World Championship titles in 1982, two in 1986 and one in 1991.
1964Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach[†]
Steven John Rhodes is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the former coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He was best known as a wicket-keeper, but was also a useful number six or seven batsman, making twelve first-class centuries.
Historical Context for June 17, 1964
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]