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In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[ā ]
1964Mike Jackson, American baseball player[ā ]
Michael Ray Jackson is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned 19 seasons, 17 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackson, a relief pitcher for the majority of his career, compiled a career earned run average (ERA) of 3.42, allowing 451 earned runs off of 983 hits, 127 home runs, and 464 walks while recording 1,006 strikeouts over 1,005 games pitched.
1964Simon Kirby, English businessman and politician[ā ]
Simon Gerard Kirby, also known as Simon Radford-Kirby, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown in 2010. In 2016, he was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister. He lost his seat at the 2017 general election.
1964The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) takes place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, United States.[ā ]
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, MachĀ 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. Its nicknames include "Blackbird" and "Habu".
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SAIGON, South Vietnam, Dec. 21—The United States Ambassador, Maxwell D. Taylor, worked today to undo the effects of the overthrow of the civilian legislature by the armed forces over the weekend.
The State Investigation Commission has been quietly looking into the role of politicians in the planning, construction and operation of middle‐income housing projects.
LONDON, Dec. 21 — The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly tonight to abolish the death penalty for murder in Britain.
A Federal grand jury investigating organized crime waited in vain yesterday to hear the promised testimony of Joseph Bonanno.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Dec. 21—Delegates from about half the 80 countries present drifted out of the General Assembly today as the Foreign Minister of South Africa defended apartheid.
AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 21—President Johnson conferred at the LBJ Ranch today with three Cabinet members on budgetary and legislative questions. He summoned the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to the ranch for a review of militaryspending plans tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 — A showdown over the retention of Dean Burch as Republican National Chairman appeared inevitable today after Senator Barry Goldwater had held a series of conferences on strategy for keeping his man on the job.
A wildcat longshoremen's strike here yesterday crippled more than half of the Port of New York.
VIENTIANE, Laos, Dec. 21—The Laotian Government has agreed privately to permit increased bombing strikes, including raids by United States aircraft, along the supply lines called the Ho Chi Minh trail, informed sources said today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 —Although President Johnson has ordered the end of pressure by the United States for an allied nuclear force, officials said today that there was a good possibility that such a force would be established, perhaps within six months.