1964 facts for kids

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s – 1960s – 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1961 1962 1963 – 1964 – 1965 1966 1967

1964 was a special year called a leap year. It started on a Wednesday.

Contents

Exciting Events of 1964
Famous People Born in 1964
Notable People Who Died in 1964
Popular Movies of 1964
Hit Songs of 1964
New Books of 1964
Nobel Prizes in 1964
Images for kids
See also

Exciting Events of 1964

January 1 – A famous music show called Top of the Pops started on BBC television in the UK.
January 3 – The Beatles were shown performing in England on an American TV show called The Jack Paar Show.
January 18 – The Beatles appeared on the Billboard magazine music charts for the very first time.
February 7 – The Beatles arrived in the United States. Thousands of excited fans met them at New York's Kennedy Airport.
March – After boxing champion Muhammad Ali won a big fight, many people wanted his album, I Am the Greatest.
March 21 – For the first time ever, all the top ten songs in the UK were by British artists.
March 27 – A very strong earthquake hit southern Alaska.
April 4 – The Beatles made history! They held all five top spots on Billboard's Top Pop Singles chart. Their songs included "Can't Buy Me Love" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
April 11 – The Beatles had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This was a new record!
April 20 – A new TV channel, BBC 2, was launched in the UK.
April 26 – The famous band The Rolling Stones released their first album.
April 26 – The countries of Zanzibar and Tanganyika joined together to form Tanzania.
May 2 – The Beatles' Second Album quickly became the number one album in the United States. It reached the top spot in just two weeks.
July 31 – Country singer Jim Reeves sadly died in a plane crash near Nashville.
September 21 – Malta became an independent country.
September 22 – The popular musical Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway.
October 14 – Martin Luther King, Jr. won the important Nobel Peace Prize.
October 15 – A big change happened in the Soviet Union when its leader, Nikita Krushchev, was replaced.
October 16 – Harold Wilson became the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
October 27 - Ronald Reagan gave a famous speech called "A Time for Choosing" during a political campaign.
November 3 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson won the Presidential election against Barry Goldwater.

Famous People Born in 1964

January 7 – Nicolas Cage, American actor
January 12 – Jeff Bezos, American businessman who started Amazon
January 17 – Michelle Obama, former First Lady
February 10 – Glenn Beck, American broadcaster
February 11 – Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska
March 9 – Juliette Binoche, French actress
March 10 – Prince Edward, a member of the British Royal Family
March 29 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model and actress
April 7 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-born Australian actor
May 13 – Stephen Colbert, American actor and comedian
May 26 – Lenny Kravitz, American musician
June 15 – Courteney Cox, American actress
June 22 – Dan Brown, American writer (who wrote The Da Vinci Code)
July 24 – Barry Bonds, American baseball player
July 26 – Sandra Bullock, American actress
September 2 – Keanu Reeves, American actor
September 30 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
November 11 – Calista Flockhart, American actress
November 16 – Diana Krall, Canadian jazz singer
November 29 – Don Cheadle, American actor
December 8 – Teri Hatcher, American actress
December 18 – Stone Cold Steve Austin, American professional wrestler
December 23 – Eddie Vedder, American singer

Notable People Who Died in 1964

May 27 – Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
July 31 – Jim Reeves, American country singer.
August 12 – Ian Fleming, British writer who created James Bond.
October 10 – Eddie Cantor, American actor and comedian.
October 15 – Cole Porter, American composer.
October 20 – Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States.

Popular Movies of 1964

Dr. Strangelove
A Fistful of Dollars
Goldfinger
A Hard Day's Night (starring The Beatles!)
My Fair Lady
Mary Poppins
The Pink Panther

Hit Songs of 1964

"Baby Love" – The Supremes
"Can't Buy Me Love" – The Beatles
"Dancin' In The Street" – Martha & the Vandellas
"Fun Fun Fun" – The Beach Boys
"Goldfinger" – Shirley Bassey
"A Hard Day's Night" – The Beatles
"Hello Dolly" – Louis Armstrong
"House Of The Rising Sun" – The Animals
"I Feel Fine" – The Beatles
"I Get Around" – The Beach Boys
"It's Over" – Roy Orbison
"Oh, Pretty Woman" – Roy Orbison
"Twist and Shout" – The Beatles
"You Really Got Me" – The Kinks

New Books of 1964

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl (a very famous children's book!)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Ian Fleming
A Moveable Feast – Ernest Hemingway
Why We Can't Wait – Martin Luther King, Jr.
You Only Live Twice – Ian Fleming

Nobel Prizes in 1964

The Nobel Prizes are very important awards given to people who have made amazing discoveries or contributions.

Physics Prize was shared by Charles Hard Townes, Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov and Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov for their work on lasers and masers.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin for finding out the structures of important biochemical substances.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was given to Konrad Bloch and Feodor Lynen for their discoveries about cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Jean-Paul Sartre, a French writer.
Nobel Peace Prize was won by Martin Luther King Jr. for his work for civil rights and peace.

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See also

In Spanish: 1964 para niños

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