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August 10, 1964
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Headlines from August 10, 1964
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Anglican Church Seeks Freedom From Parliament's Rule on Rites
Program prepared under Abp of Canterbury's initiative seeks parliamentary sanction to experiment with forms of worship with goal of seeking approval of revised prayer book after 7 yrs and other moves to freech from direction by Parliament
KHRUSHCHEV ASKS TURKS TO DESIST; Не Makes Plea to Ankara—Also Assures Makarios of Moscow ‘Sympathy’
Khrushchev, in separate messages, urges Turkey halt mil operations, assures Makarios of USSR sympathy, asks UN take steps for peace; warns Inonu force threatens Mediterranean peace; urges withdrawal of all foreign troops to let Cypriotes solve problems
POWELL SEES GAIN FOR WAGNER FOES; Says He and Others Opposed to Mayor Will Dictate Senatorial Choice
Repr Powell says he, Steingut, Crotty, Buckley and other anti-Wagner forces will central conv and dictate nomination of Kennedy or someone else, press conf; parries query on personal commitment to Kennedy; Liberal leader Costello confirms that party will back Kennedy
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 5, 1964, covering August 10, 1964.
- 1
A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)
The Beatles
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 4
- 2
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 10
- 3
Hello; Dolly
Louis Armstrong
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 13
- 4
Hello; Dolly!
Original Cast
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 25
- 5
Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 15
Notable Births
1964Aaron Hall, American singer-songwriter[†]
Aaron Robin Hall III is an American singer and songwriter. Hall joined the R&B and new jack swing group Guy in 1988, which was formed by Teddy Riley and Timmy Gatling, who was later replaced by Hall's brother, Damion. The group's self-titled debut album (1988) was met with commercial success; Hall provided lead vocals on its songs "Groove Me," "I Like," and "Piece of My Love", among others.
1964Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist and composer[†]
Kåre Kolve is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), and the older brother of the vibraphonist Ivar Kolve. He is known as bandleader of his own Kåre Kolve Quartet, several album releases and the collaborations within the bands "Lava", "Mezzoforte" and "Tre Små Kinesere".
1964Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)[†]
Hiro Takahashi , born as Hiroyuki Takahashi , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer.
Historical Context for August 10, 1964
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]