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Wilson hopes talks with Johnson will strengthen alliance, comment upon arrival in US
gives ser, St Paul's Cathedral; holds news conf; illus with assoc Rev Dr Abernathy
Taylor returns to Saigon
J Gould repts Nielsen ratings show NBC-CBS-ABC in 1st 3-way tie in TV history; ABC up 18%, NBC up 11%, CBS down 11%; top 20 shows listed
Natl Rifle Assn ends traditional opposition to Fed controls on sales as result of Pres Kennedy assassination; reverse opens bitter dispute among assn members; exec vp Orth silent on repts that he and other officials have recd threatening phone calls and lrs
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 2, 1964, covering December 7, 1964.
The Beach Boys
Barbra Streisand
Dean Martin
The Beatles
Elvis Presley
1964Hugo Blick, English filmmaker[†]
Hugo Edgar Maxwell Blick is a British filmmaker and actor. He has his own production company, called Eight Rooks.
1964Patrick Fabian, American actor[†]
Patrick Fabian is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for his role as attorney Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul (2015–2022). His film roles include End Game (2006), Cloud 9 (2014), The Last Exorcism (2010), Pig (2011) and Jimmy (2013).
1964Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach[†]
Peter Philip Laviolette Jr. is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams in the NHL, he played a total of 12 games with the Rangers in the 1988–89 season. Following retirement from active play, Laviolette also served as head coach of the New York Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, and Washington Capitals. He led the Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup win in 2006, and later coached the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010, as well as the Predators in 2017. Laviolette is the fourth coach in NHL history to lead three teams to the Stanley Cup Finals.
In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]