On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
repts Kennedy has offered to serve in Vietnam but Johnson has asked him to remain in Justice Dept; says Johnson phoned him to express thanks; discusses factors for rejection
105 roll-calls taken on amendments since closure was invoked on bill
Goldwater ponders stand on bill
HR passes Adm bill to continue present excises for yr; defeats Repr Byrnes proposal, 207-185, to repeal taxes on cosmetics, jewelry, leather goods and furs; Repr Mills led attack against move, urging com be given time to finish complete study
“THE DEPUTY” THE MOST POWERFUL. most exciting play of our time.—Advt.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 17, 1964, covering June 18, 1964.
Louis Armstrong
Barbra Streisand
Original Cast
The Beatles
Andy Williams
1964Uday Hussein, Iraqi commander (died 2003)[†]
Uday Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and businessman. He was the eldest son of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his first wife Sajida Talfah. Owing to his family connections, Uday held various roles in the Iraqi political and military circles, as well as in business. He held positions as a sports chairman, heading the Iraqi Olympic Committee, Iraq Football Association, and the Fedayeen Saddam.
1964Patti Webster, American publicist and author (died 2013)[†]
Patti Webster was an American entertainment publicist, author, and minister. As the CEO of W&W Public Relations, a company she founded in 1991, Webster represented notable recording artists, athletes, and actors, including Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Usher, Halle Berry, Chris Paul and Holly Robinson Peete.
1964Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (born 1890)[†]
Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes—their quiet, meditative quality reflecting the artist's rejection of the tumult of modern life.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]