Page 9: Historical Events In 1964

May 23   Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)   

May 24   18th Tony Awards Luther and Hello Dolly win   

May 24   18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win   

May 24   Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan   

May 24   Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, results in the deaths of 300   

May 25   16th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.   

May 25   16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore   

May 25   Ground is broken for a new stadium in St Louis.   

May 25   Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut.   

May 25   Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92.   

May 27   "From Russia With Love" premieres in US   

May 27   In this year, Inter Milan claims 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna.   

May 27   Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74.   

May 28   Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet   

May 28   Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli   

May 28   John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76   

May 28   Palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem.   

May 28   Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit.   

May 30   Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1.   

May 30   Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66.   

May 31   Charles Schmid results in the deaths of inaugural Pied Piper victim.   

Jun 01   Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66.   

Jun 02   "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances   

Jun 02   Rolling Stones inaugural US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass.   

Jun 03   Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis and pharyngitis.   

Jun 03   Rolling Stones begin inaugural US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vee)   

Jun 04   Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark.   

Jun 05   Davie Jones and King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me", group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie   

Jun 06   Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85.   

Jun 07   Charlie Llewellyn, cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for S Africa), dies   

Jun 09   Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies.   

Jun 10   Louis Gruenberg, composer, dies at 79.   

Jun 10   Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked.   

Jun 12   South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment   

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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),