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CIA “SPOOKS” OUT ON A LIMB? Richard Starnes’ biting pen points at he CIA and says “Yes!” Must reading. Today's WORLD‐TELEGRAM—Advt.
Nan Han-chen (Communist China) warns Africans USSR aid may make them subject to USSR domination, s, Asian Econ Seminar; says USSR tries to paralyze fighting will by promoting acceptance of aid from US, USSR or UN
Regional Plan Assn proposes Lower Manhattan Expressway be built below around level; stresses hwy need; many score proposal; TB&TA exec dir Reidy holds tunnel scheme has been rejected before as not feasible; map
La Fonda Del Sol may run small ads, but they serve big steaks. Time‐Life Bldg—Advt.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 17, 1964, covering June 22, 1964.
Louis Armstrong
Barbra Streisand
Original Cast
The Beatles
Andy Williams
1964Cadillac Anderson, American basketball player[†]
Gregory Wayne "Cadillac" Anderson is an American former professional basketball player.
1964Amy Brenneman, American actress[†]
Amy Frederica Brenneman is an American actress and producer. She worked extensively in television, coming to prominence as Detective Janice Licalsi in the ABC police drama series NYPD Blue (1993–1994). Brenneman next co-created and starred as Judge Amy Gray in the CBS drama series Judging Amy (1999–2005). She received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for these roles.
1964Dan Brown, American author and academic[†]
Daniel Gerhard Brown is an American author best known for his thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon novels Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013), Origin (2017) and The Secret of Secrets (2025). His novels are treasure hunts that usually take place over a period of 24 hours. They feature recurring themes of cryptography, art, and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into 57 languages and, as of 2012, have sold over 200 million copies. Three of them, Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and Inferno, have been adapted into films, while one of them, The Lost Symbol, was adapted into a television series.
1964Miroslav Kadlec, Czech footballer[†]
Miroslav Kadlec is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. Either side of an eight-year spell playing in Germany for Kaiserslautern, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs. In an international career spanning from 1987 to 1997, Kadlec made 64 international appearances split between Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
1964Havank, Dutch journalist and author (born 1904)[†]
Havank, pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der Kallen, was a Dutch writer, journalist, and translator. He published over 30 crime novels and is considered one of the founding fathers of the Dutch detective genre.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]