It all
happened in 1964 The
year 1964 wasn't noted for any one special event. There were many. |
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India's Pandit Nehru died and Nelson Mandela was jailed for life. |
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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. |
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The average income was $6,240.00 per year and Gas was $.32 per gallon, |
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The Supremes deliver hits like Baby Love, Come See About Me and Where Did Our Love Go. |
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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. |
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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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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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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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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. |
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On June 13th, 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!!!!! |
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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. |
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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 11th. | ![]() |
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Keanu Reeves was born Sept. 2nd. |
On December 10, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway. |
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1964! Looking back, it was a busy year. |