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October 14, 1964

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Headlines from October 14, 1964

A ‘Spy’ Double‐Grosses Party Lines

By Unknown Author

Dem Natl Com alleges that Repub Natl Com gave $1,000 bribe to L Flax, Dem Natl Com teletype operator, to get confidential campaign data for them; his alleged dealings with J A Grenier, Repub Natl Com exec dir, and other facets of 'spy' story detailed; Repub denial

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 14, 1964, covering October 14, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for Something New by The Beatles

    Something New

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin

    Everybody Loves Somebody

    Dean Martin

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    10
  4. 4
    Album cover for People by Barbra Streisand

    People

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    17
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for How Glad I Am by Nancy Wilson

    How Glad I Am

    Nancy Wilson

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Joe Girardi

1964Joe Girardi, American baseball player and manager[†]

Joseph Elliott Girardi is an American sports broadcaster and former professional baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Girardi played the catcher position for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals during a big league playing career that spanned from 1989 to 2003. He won three World Series championships with the Yankees in the 1990s and served as the catcher for both Dwight Gooden's no-hitter and David Cone's perfect game.

Historical Events

Martin Luther King Jr.

1964Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.[†]

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination.

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

1964The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.[†]

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the standing body of the highest body of state authority in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The presidium was elected by joint session of both houses of the Supreme Soviet to act on its behalf while the Supreme Soviet was not in session. By the 1936 and 1977 Soviet Constitution, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet served as the collective head of state of the USSR. In all its activities, the Presidium was accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Historical Context for October 14, 1964

In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]