Historical Events In 1964

Jan 13 Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow

Jan 16 "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St James Theater New York City NY for 2,844 performances

Jan 20 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US

Jan 24 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking

Jan 29 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria

Jan 24 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect &states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes

Jan 01 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved

Jan 25 Beatles first US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)

Jan 16 Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megatons nuclear bomb

Jan 02 Failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana

Jan 10 Panama severs diplomatic relations with US

Jan 08 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"

Jan 16 The musical Hello, Dolly! opens on Broadway.

Jan 06 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville

Jan 11 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)

Jan 27 Barlow &Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval

Jan 25 Echo 2, US communications satellite launched

Jan 29 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit

Jan 01 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved

Jan 30 In Montreal Quebec terrorists raid armoury in Montreal for weapons and ammunition; group calling itself Comité révolutionnaire du Québe

Jan 05 Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel

Jan 29 Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres

Jan 07 Bahamas achieves internal self-government &cabinet responsibility

Jan 10 US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres

Jan 02 Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan

Jan 07 Nicolas Cage is born

Jan 23 Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City NY

Jan 03 Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"

Jan 14 Jacqueline Kennedy's first public appearance (TV) since assassination

Jan 11 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry releases a report that states that smoking cigarettes is bad for your health.

Jan 06 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville

Jan 11 Panama ends diplomatic relations with US

Jan 09 Anti-US rioting breaks out in the Panama Canal Zone

Jan 07 Nicolas Cage is born

Jan 14 Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row

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