Page 3: Historical Events In 1964

Jan 29   Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and "Sie Leibt Dich".   

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

Jan 29   Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit   

Jan 30   Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80   

Jan 30   Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam   

Jan 30   NASA launches the unmanned probe Ranger Six, designed to crash-land on the lunar surface   

Jan 30   Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail   

Jan 31   US report "Smoking and Health" connects smoking to lung cancer   

Feb 01   "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances   

Feb 01   Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," inaugural #1 hit and stays #1 for 7 weeks.   

Feb 01   Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity   

Feb 01   Suriname River dammed   

Feb 02   GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy   

Feb 02   Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) win Olympics gold for figure skating   

Feb 03   "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold   

Feb 03   Black and Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools.   

Feb 04   24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax   

Feb 04   FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City   

Feb 04   FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City OK.   

Feb 04   Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71.   

Feb 06   "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances   

Feb 06   France and Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel   

Feb 06   Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69.   

Feb 07   Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream   

Feb 07   Hermann A J Kees, German egyptologist, dies at 77.   

Feb 07   In this year, Cassius Clay is recorded as becoming a Muslim and formally adopts the name Muhammad Ali   

Feb 07   The Beatles arrive at New York's JFK International Airport, on their inaugural American tour   

Feb 08   Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London   

Feb 08   Representative Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act   

Feb 08   Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91   

Feb 09   9th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria   

Feb 09   GI Joe character created.   

Feb 09   Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs England on debut at Delhi   

Feb 09   The premier appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers).   

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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),