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President: Lyndon B Johnson, Vice
President: None |
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The population of the United States
is 191,141,000 |
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National Debt is 316.1 Billion
(+5.8 billion) |
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Unemployment is 5.7% |
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Life Expectancy: 70.2 years |
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Family median income = $6,600 (up
$400. from 1962) |
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Academy Award : Tom Jones (click to buy)
 (Best
Picture) |
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Grammy Award : Barbara Streisand Album (click to
buy) (Best Album);
Days of Wine & Roses (click to
buy)  (Best
Song) |
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Best Book : A Moveable Feast (click to
buy)  |
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United States Surgeon General
Luther Leonidas Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to
your health |
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President Johnson declares a
"War on Poverty" in his first State of the Union
Address |
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In the Panama Canal Zone there are
armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian
civilians |
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Meet the Beatles!, the first
Beatles album in the U.S., is
released (read more in the Beatles
Section) |
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24th Amendment to the United States
Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national
elections, is ratified |
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The Beatles arrive in the U.S. triggering
what would become "Beatlemania" |
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Muhammad Ali beats Sonny Liston in
Miami Beach, FL, and is crowned the heavyweight champion of the
world (click for more on, Sports) |
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The first Ford Mustang rolls off
the assembly line at Ford Motor Company (see Ford Cars section of FiftiesWeb) |
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Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
marry (the first time) |
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The game show Jeopardy! debuts on
NBC; Art Fleming is its first host |
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Shea Stadium has its grand opening
in Flushing, NY |
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The 1964 New York World's Fair
opens |
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President Lyndon Johnson signs the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, abolishing racial segregation
in the United States |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes
the receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent civil
rights movement |
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College students in New York and
San Francisco hold the first anti-war protest marches |
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The Warren Commission on the
Assassination of President Kennedy issues their report concluding
that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. |
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US Supreme Court rules that
Congressional districts should be roughly equal in population
which caused major redistricting |
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A Soviet coup d'état
October 13 strips Nikita Khrushchev of all power, Leonid Ilych
Brezhnev becomes party leader |
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In the Presidential race President
Johnson defeats Senator Barry Goldwater in a landside
victory |
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The Medicare Act signed by
President Johnson starting the first government-operated health
insurance program for Americans age 65 and over |
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The Beginner's All-Purpose
Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) a comprehensive computer
language is developed |
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New to television were:
Bewitched,
Gilligan's Island,
The Addams Family,
The Munsters and
The Man From UNCLE (click show title for more info)
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Pop History
/ 1964
