Key Facts of
1964:
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President: Lyndon B.
Johnson
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Vice President:
None
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Cost of a gallon of gas: 30
cents
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Cost of a gallon of milk: 95
cents
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Cost of a dozen of eggs: 54
cents
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Cost of a new home:
$20,500
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Cost of a first class postage stamp: 5
cents
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Unemployment:
5.7%
Notable Inventions of
1964:
Time Capsule for
1964:
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President Johnson wins congressional
approval of broad war-making authority in Vietnam with Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution, following a disputed military skirmish.
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Khruschev is deposed in the Soviet
Union, replaced as Communist leader by Leonid Brezhnev.
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A Presidential commission headed by
Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald
acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy.
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Three civil rights workers are murdered
in Mississippi.
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Congresss enacts civil rights
legislation.
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The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King wins
the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Johnson launches his War on Poverty with
the Economic Opportunity Act and related programs.
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The Surgeon General finds a conclusive
link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
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Beatlemania sweeps America and the
world.
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See-through blouses and topless swimsuits
are scandulous new fashions.
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The Ford Mustang is the most popular car
of the era.
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Jim Brown leads the Cleveland Browns over
the Baltimore Colts in the NFL Championship game.
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Cassius Clay (soon to become Muhammad
Ali) scores a stunning upset over Sonny Liston to win the world
heavyweight boxing championship.
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Movies: My Fair Lady is the year's big Oscar winner.
Other hits at the boxoffice included, Charade with Cary Grant and
Audrey Hepburn (who also starred in My Fair Lady,) Dr. Strangelove with
Peter Sellers, Fail Safe. Peter Sellers also introduces his classic
character Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther. Other popular movies
are The Carpetbaggers and From Russia With Love with Sean Connery as
Agent 007.
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Television: The season's most popular series are
Bonanza, Bewitched, Gomer Pyle,
U.S.M.C., The Andy Griffith Show, and The Fugitive.
The
Top Musical Artists of 1964 Were:
The Beatles, The 4 Seasons, The Dave
Clark Five, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, Elvis Presley, Bobby
Vinton,
Jan & Dean, Mary Wells, Marvin
Gaye, Lesley Gore, Ray Charles, Major Lance, The Searchers, Dionne Warwick,
Brenda Lee, The Drifters, Johnny Tillotson, Martha & The Vandellas, The
Impressions.
The
Top Musical Artists Debut of 1964:
The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, The
Dave Clark Five, The Temptations, The Searchers, Barbra Streisand,
The Rolling Stones, Peter and Gordon,
The Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Johnny Rivers, Roger Miller, Ronnie
Dove, LuLu, The Animals, Four Tops, The Shangri-Las, Manfred Mann, The Kinks,
Ramsey Lewis, Herman's Hermits, Petula Clark, Joe Tex
Other
Musical Tidbits:
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