Important Events
- Jan 11 1st government report warning by US Surgeon General Luther Terry that smoking may be hazardous
- Jun 1 Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President
- Jun 12 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
- Jun 29 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in the US Senate
- Jul 2 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law
- Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo
More Historical Events
1964 in Film & TV
- Jan 29 "Dr Strangelove", directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, premieres
- Feb 9 1st appearance of the Beatles on the "ed sullivan Show" draws 73.7 million viewers
- Apr 13 36th Academy Awards: "Tom Jones", Best Film, Patricia Neal and Sidney Poitier win Best Actor/Actress, Poitier first black actor to win
- Apr 25 11th National Film Awards (India): "Shehar Aur Sapna" wins the Golden Lotus
1964 in Music
- Sep 17 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)
- Dec 9 John Coltrane's Quartet records their greatest work "A Love Supreme" at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
1964 in Sport
- Mar 6 Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to "Muhammad Ali", calling his former title a "slave name"
- Jul 14 51st Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France wins 4th consecutive Tour and is first to claim 5 titles
- Oct 25 Dutchman Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
- Nov 15 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro at the Tall City Open, Midland, Texas
Did You Know?
The Great Alaska Earthquake (9.2 magnitude) and resulting tsunami kill 139 people in the largest US earthquake and second largest ever recorded
On March 27, 1964
Adam Yauch
Barry Bonds
Jeff Bezos
Mariska Hargitay
Nicolas Cage
Sandra BullockWorld Leaders in 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th US President- Mao Zedong
Chinese Revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party - Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet First Secretary
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mao Zedong
Nikita KhrushchevFamous People in 1964
- Barbra Streisand
Grammy for Album of the Year - Julie Andrews
Oscar for Best Actress - Rex Harrison
Oscar for Best Actor
Barbra Streisand
Julie Andrews
Rex HarrisonWould You Believe?
Prometheus, the world's oldest tree (at least 4862 years old), is accidently cut down in Nevada, US
On August 6, 1964
Famous Weddings
- Jan 25 Comedian and actor Bill Cosby marries Camille Olivia Hanks
- Jan 25 MLB outfielder Pete Rose (22) weds first wife Karolyn Englehardt
- Feb 19 Actor Peter Sellers (38) weds actress Britt Ekland in London, England
Famous Divorces
- Mar 6 Actress Elizabeth Taylor's 4th divorce from entertainer Eddie Fisher
- Jul 28 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) divorces academy award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) after 32 days of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Brendan Behan
Douglas MacArthur
Emilio Aguinaldo
Herbert Hoover
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rachel CarsonArticles and Photos
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
The Beatles with TV host Ed Sullivan during their first appearance on his show in February 1964
February 9, 1964Windmill Girls Get Dressed And Leave Town
Undressed but unmoving, the Windmill Girls were a big hit at a London theatre that used the slogan, ‘We never closed.’ But on this day it did.
October 31, 1964
