Page 4: Historical Events In 1964

Feb 09   Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55   

Feb 10   Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne   

Feb 11   Beatles inaugural live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum.   

Feb 11   Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.   

Feb 11   Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France.   

Feb 12   Beatles inaugural NYC concert (Carnegie Hall).   

Feb 12   US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.   

Feb 12   US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen.   

Feb 15   Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks   

Feb 15   Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22   

Feb 16   Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show".   

Feb 18   Papandreou government takes power in Greece   

Feb 19   UK flies ½ ton of The Beatles wigs to the US.   

Feb 19   UK flies ½ ton of Beatle wigs to US   

Feb 20   R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies.   

Feb 21   UK flies 24000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US.   

Feb 22   Beatles arrive back in England after their inaugural US visit.   

Feb 22   Edie Martin, actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at 84.   

Feb 23   Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City   

Feb 24   Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76   

Feb 24   Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship   

Feb 25   Alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies.   

Feb 25   Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach steps down   

Feb 25   Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, TKOs champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight title.   

Feb 27   "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 540 performances   

Feb 28   Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78   

Feb 28   The opening of Toronto International Airport terminal building, much later this event confirms the fact that Toronto is the center of the universe   

Feb 29   "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 28 performances.   

Feb 29   Frank Albertson, actor (Chico and Man, Room Service), dies at 55   

Feb 29   Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 meters.   

Feb 29   Henrik Sundstrom, Sweden, tennis star.   

Feb 29   LBJ reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter   

Feb 29   North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime   

Mar 01   Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54.   

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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),