What went on in 1964 "The Happenings"

It all happened in 1964
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The year 1964 wasn't noted for any one special event. There were many.

Soviet leader Nikita
Khrushchev lost his job.

India's Pandit Nehru died and Nelson Mandela was jailed for life.

Mohammed Ally, then known as, Cassius Clay, an unknown boxer defeated Sonny Liston for the world heavyweight title.

The population of the U.S. is now 191,888,791. Women can expect to live to the age of 74 while men will live an average of 67 years. A loaf of bread costs 24 cents. A pound of butter goes for 88 cents, a dozen eggs is 45 cents and a quart of milk costs 30 cents.

The Average 3 bdrm. Home in Southern California was $14,850

The average income was $6,240.00 per year and Gas was $.32 per gallon,

A First Class Stamp $.05 each.

The Beatles rule the airwaves and record shops in 1964 with nine solid hits.

The Supremes deliver hits like Baby Love, Come See About Me and Where Did Our Love Go.

The House Of the Rising Sun with The Animals.

Other songs are Roy Orbison with Oh, Pretty Woman, The Righteous Brothers with You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin’, The Beach Boys singing I Get Around.

The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, Feb. 9^th, 16^th and 23^rd.

The most popular TV shows were, I Spy, starring Bill Cosby, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mister Ed

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My Three Sons ruled that year.

In Panama, a fifty-year-old arrangement, which gave the United States unilateral rights to build and operate a canal in perpetuity, is brought to an abrupt halt in January of this year. Several days of continuous rioting results in the deaths of four U.S. Marines and more than 20 Panamanians. A three-month suspension of diplomatic relations follows. Things will never be the same.

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On January 18, plans are announced in New York City for the construction of a complex called the World Trade Center.

On January 29, an unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher successfully attains Earth orbit

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Also in January U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry, releases a government report that indicates smoking is a health hazard. NASA celebrates another breakthrough.

Richard Petty won the Daytona 500, World Series: St. Louis Cardinals win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees, A.J. Foyt wins the Indianapolis 500, the Boston Celtics take the NBA Finals 4 games to 1 over the San Francisco Warriors. Super Bowl, what Super Bowl?

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England and France wholeheartedly endorse the construction of a tunnel under the English Channel. After several hundred years and many false starts, it appears that a tunnel will finally be built.

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On Good Friday, March 27, at 5:30 pm, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake with its epicenter in Prince William Sound, rips through the State of Alaska. In Anchorage, entire neighborhoods slide toward the ocean. The powerful quake shakes the ground for a full 5 minutes.

On March 14 Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. He wins a new trial in a subsequent appeal. In yet another twist in this strange tale, Ruby will die of cancer before a second trial ever takes place.

On the 17th of April, the Ford Motor Company, under Lee Iacoca unveils the Ford Mustang, a zippy new roadster carries a base price tag of $2,368.

      Chris Farley was born Feb. 15^th.

      The game show Jeopardy!
      debuts on television March 30, 1964.

A computer milestone is attained on May 1 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
On this date, two programs written in BASIC run simultaneously on the General Electric GE-225
mainframe computer at the college.

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Ten years later, a version of BASIC written by a young Bill Gates and Paul Allen will be included on the Altair, the first personal computer. It will also be included in a simple personal computer (PC) to be developed much later by IBM.

On June 13^th, Nelson Mandela, a leader in the African National Congress along with six associates begins a life prison sentence at Robben Island. The group will remain incarcerated for 26 long years.

The Palm Springs High School Class of 1964 has received their diplomas and have been turned loose upon the population of our nation.

Pollizze God, Noooooooo!!!!!

Slugger Barry Bonds was born July 24^th

On the 24th, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announces that it will require warning labels on cigarette packages beginning in 1965.

On October 15, it is announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev has been removed from office. He is succeeded by two men, Leonid I. Brezhnev as Communist Party Secretary and Alexei N. Kosygin as Premier. The transition appears relatively peaceful.

	On August 7, Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in dealing with alleged North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces. Johnson uses the resolution as a declaration of war.	Calista Flockhart was born on November 11^th.
			Keanu Reeves was born Sept. 2^nd.

On December 10, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway.

1964! Looking back, it was a busy year.

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