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Rockefeller aide says Rockefeller will not stump for Goldwater, statement repudiating Young's prediction; says Rockefeller will limit campaign to NYS for local candidates; his support of natl ticket seen only nominal and contrasts with strong support pledged by county chmn
ANKARA, Turkey, Saturday, Aug. 8—Turkey reported early today that she was sending jet aircraft on warning and surveillance flights over Cyprus.
HR, 228-190, tentatively approves $947.5-million antipoverty bill; margin surprisingly wide; opponents force delay on final vote by demanding 'engrossed' bill, printed copy including all amendments; Adm wins votes of NC Dems by pledging A Yarmolinsky will not be involved in operating program; he had been charged with 'left-wing background'; Adm overcomes temporary setback on floor by H W Smith maneuver
S Vietnam imposes censorship on domestic news media
Obremski dept trial; McElroy identified as man who sold data to Obremski and Sullivan about gamblers phone numbers
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 5, 1964, covering August 8, 1964.
The Beatles
Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
Louis Armstrong
Original Cast
Barbra Streisand
1964Anastasia M. Ashman, American blogger and author[†]
Anastasia M. Ashman is an American author, a digital strategist, and co-founder of global personal branding startup GlobalNiche.net.
1964Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy[†]
Giuseppe Conte is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.
1964Scott Sandelin, American ice hockey player and coach[†]
Scott Alan Sandelin is an American former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey team. In 2011, he became the first coach in Bulldog history to lead them to a national title, in a 3–2 overtime game against the University of Michigan at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In the 2018 NCAAs, he led the Bulldogs to a second national title, over Notre Dame 2–1, also played at the Xcel Energy Center. The following season, in the 2019 NCAAs, he led the Bulldogs to a third national title. Sandelin grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota, where he went on to be drafted in the second round by the Montreal Canadiens and play collegiate hockey for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.
1964Paul Taylor, English cricketer[†]
Jonathan Paul Taylor is an English former cricketer, who played in two Test matches and one One Day International for England in 1993 and 1994.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]