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NEW HAMPSHIRE SWEEPS DRAWINGS First legal lottery in U. S. in 75 years is now taking place. Read of excitement. get names drawn. Today's World‐Telegram‐Advt.
A I Mikoyan replaces L I Brezhnev as Chmn of Sup Soviet Presidium; 1st non-Russian in post; Brezhnev to devote full time to duties as Khrushchev's deputy in party Secretariat; Khrushchev's power seen increased, Brezhnev's chances of succeeding him improved; Chmnship seen gaining in importance; Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Mikoyan illus
natl conv, San Francisco, nominates Sen Goldwater for Pres
Eisenhower scores conv tactics in rejecting Romney proposal to add platform plank on extremism, TV appearance
Goldwater calls Johnson 'biggest faker in US' and 'phoniest individual who ever came around,' extemporaneous reply to newsman's query on civil rights at Repub conv
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 15, 1964, covering July 16, 1964.
Louis Armstrong
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Dave Clark Five
1964Phil Hellmuth, American poker player[†]
Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. is an American professional poker player who has won a record seventeen World Series of Poker bracelets, the majority in no-limit hold'em. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the Main Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), and he is a 2007 inductee of the WSOP's Poker Hall of Fame. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tournament players in history.
1964Miguel Induráin, Spanish cyclist[†]
Miguel Induráin Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. Induráin won five Tours de France from 1991 to 1995, the fourth, and last, to win five times, and the only five-time winner to achieve those victories consecutively.
1964Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881)[†]
Hüseyin Rauf Orbay was a Turkish naval officer, statesman and diplomat of Abkhaz origin. During the Italo–Turkish and Balkan Wars he was known as the Hero of Hamidiye for his exploits as captain of the eponymous cruiser. Orbay briefly served as Minister of Navy in October 1918, and signed the Armistice of Mudros on behalf of the Ottoman Empire.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]