Significant 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
Did You Know?
1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
On February 9, 1964
World Leaders in 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th US President
Mao Zedong
Chinese Revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet First Secretary
Famous People in 1964
Barbra Streisand
Grammy for Album of the Year
Julie Andrews
Oscar for Best Actress
Rex Harrison
Oscar for Best Actor
Adam Yauch
Barry Bonds
Mariska Hargitay
Nicolas Cage
Russell Crowe
Sandra BullockWould You Believe?
World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured in Wisconsin for New York's World Fair
On January 22, 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
- Mar 15 Actress Elizabeth Taylor (32) marries for the 5th time to actor Richard Burton (38)
- Apr 9 Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (22) weds co-worker Marlynn Myers
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
Brendan Behan
Douglas MacArthur
Emilio Aguinaldo
Herbert Hoover
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rachel Carson