Page 12: Historical Events In 1964

Aug 09   1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands   

Aug 11   Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC   

Aug 11   Race riot in Paterson NJ.   

Aug 12   Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56   

Aug 12   Race riot in Elizabeth NJ   

Aug 13   1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire   

Aug 15   Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill.   

Aug 16   In this year, Ruth Jessen claims LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational.   

Aug 16   Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68.   

Aug 20   President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly $1 billion)   

Aug 21   Canadian Bette Singer dives a record-setting 307 feet into Bahaman waters   

Aug 21   Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies   

Aug 23   Footbridge collapses over river gorge in Venezuela, and 29 people fall to their deaths in rapids below   

Aug 24   Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73   

Aug 25   The Beatles receive a gold record their third for A Hard Day's Night   

Aug 26   Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman.   

Aug 26   LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ   

Aug 27   Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59.   

Aug 28   Beatlemania is in full swing as The Beatles grace the cover of LIFE magazine.   

Aug 28   Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns and Allen), dies at 62.   

Aug 28   Race riot in Philadelphia   

Aug 29   USS Boxer and two LSD's arrived off the coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid and helicopter evacuation services to people in areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo   

Aug 29   Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released   

Aug 30   Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43   

Aug 31   Carole Coleman, singer (Make Mine Music), dies at 42   

Sep 01   George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76.   

Sep 02   Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70   

Sep 02   Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal   

Sep 03   Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82.   

Sep 03   Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson.   

Sep 04   Forth Road Bridge opens in England over the "Firth of Forth"   

Sep 04   NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)   

Sep 04   The now-classic comedy, Gilligan's Island, debuts on CBS-TV   

Sep 04   W Bergengruen, writer, dies at 71.   

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Jan 02   Christopher john gray: Priest   

Jan 02   Pernell whitaker: Boxer (olympic-gold)   

Jan 02   Rumesh ratnayake: Cricketer (sri lankan pacer in 23 tests 1983-92)   

Jan 03   Cheryl miller: Riverside calif, basketball player (olympic-gold-1984)   

Jan 03   Bruce labruce: Canadian filmmaker   

Jan 04   Stephanie maxwell-pierson: Somerville nj, us rower (olympic-92)   

Jan 05   John erickson: Woodland hills calif, golfer (1991 windsor charity)   

Jan 05   Ted harris poley: Englewood nj, rocker (danger danger-screw it)   

Jan 01   Alf hall: Cricketer (s afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 tests),   

Jan 04   Ralph dumke: Actor (movieland quiz),    

Jan 06   Edgar maass: German/us author (verdun),   

Jan 07   Colin c mcphee: Composer (h2o, mechanical princibles),   

Jan 08   Arnoldus jc krafft: Theologist (atlas of neth antilles),   

Jan 09   Halide edib adevar/salih: Turkish feminist (handan),   

Jan 10   A marja: Dutch author (man of day & night),   

Jan 12   C r browne: Cricket leg-spinner (wi in 4 tests, 6 wkts),