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November 3, 1964

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KENNEDY, KEATING CLOSE CAMPAIGNS; Democrat Favored to Win—Senator's Polls Show Extremely Close Race

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Kennedy's private polls show him with big lead; Keating's see close race with edge for Kennedy; NY Daily News poll sees Kennedy landslide; Lubell poll sees Kennedy winning but gives Keating underdog chance; Paolucci seen taking votes from Keating; Kennedy ends campaign with stump of NYC and final TV appeal; Keating stumps from Albany through Adirondacks to Glens Falls, Plattsburgh, Ogdensburg, Syracuse, W Buffalo, Jamestown, Olean, Binghamton; for 1st time he tells Repub audiences he may be defeated by Goldwater's unpopularity and Kennedy's appeal; urges Repubs not to desert him; makes final TV appeal; Kennedy backed by NY Post; Rockefeller, Javits, Lefkowitz stump NYC for Keating; Harriman stumps for Kennedy; Kennedy, Keating illus

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 28, 1964, covering November 3, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for People by Barbra Streisand

    People

    Barbra Streisand

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    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin

    Everybody Loves Somebody

    Dean Martin

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
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    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    16
  4. 4
    Album cover for Something New by The Beatles

    Something New

    The Beatles

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for How Glad I Am by Nancy Wilson

    How Glad I Am

    Nancy Wilson

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    9

Notable Births

1964Algimantas Briaunis, Lithuanian footballer and manager[†]

Algimantas Briaunys is a Lithuanian professional football coach and a former goalkeeper. He played the position of goalkeeper. He won a total of four international caps for the Lithuania national football team.

1964Bryan Young, New Zealand cricketer[†]

Bryan Andrew Young is a former international cricketer who played 35 Test matches and 74 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand between 1990 and 1999. He played internationally as a right-handed opening batsman who scored over 2,000 Test runs, including a highest score of 267 not out against Sri Lanka in 1997.

Historical Events

Lyndon B. Johnson

1964Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.[†]

Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. A Southern Democrat, Johnson previously represented Texas in Congress for over 23 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1937 to 1949, and then as a U.S. senator from 1949 to 1961.

Historical Context for November 3, 1964

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