April 1964 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
• 02 Apr 1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
• 03 Apr 1964 US and Panam� agree to resume diplomatic relations.
• 04 Apr 1964 Anyone Can Whistle opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
• 06 Apr 1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations.
• 07 Apr 1964 IBM introduces the IBM System/360 mainframe computer.
• 08 Apr 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched.
• 09 Apr 1964 The United Nations Security Council adopts by a 9–0 vote a resolution deploring a British air attack on a fort in Yemen 12 days earlier, in which 25 persons were reported killed.
• 10 Apr 1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
• 11 Apr 1964 Anyone Can Whistle closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 performances
• 12 Apr 1964 28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276.
• 13 Apr 1964 36th Academy Awards - Tom Jones, Sidney Poitier, and Patricia Neal win.
• 14 Apr 1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk.
• 15 Apr 1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (Bridge-Tunnel measures 17.6 miles (28.4 km) and is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex).
• 16 Apr 1964 Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world
• 17 Apr 1964 Cafe Crown opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
• 18 Apr 1964 Cafe Crown closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
• 19 Apr 1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier.
• 20 Apr 1964 86 percent of black students boycott Cleveland, Ohio schools.
• 21 Apr 1964 Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
• 22 Apr 1964 Tanganyika andZanzibar form Republic Tanzania
• 23 Apr 1964 New York State Theater opens.
• 24 Apr 1964 Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon removes all restrictions on ownership of gold certificates.
• 25 Apr 1964 Thieves steal the head of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark (Henrik Bruun confesses in 1997).
• 26 Apr 1964 Tanganyika andZanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika andZanzibar
• 28 Apr 1964 Japan joins OECO.
• 29 Apr 1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma.

Famous Birthday

• Russell Crowe

  New Zealand actor, fabulous in "Gladiator," winning the "Best Actor" Oscar for his performance, 2000.

• Maynard James Keenan

  American singer (Tool and A Perfect Circle).

• Zazie (singer)
• L'Wren Scott

  American model and fashion designer (d. 2014).

• Crispin Glover

  American actor known as one of the most infamous oddballs in Hollywood, a Dada renaissance man, iconoclast auteur, absurdist entrepreneur...

• Crispin Glover

  American actor known as one of the most infamous oddballs in Hollywood, a Dada renaissance man, iconoclast auteur, absurdist entrepreneur...

• Fadela Amara
• Nigel Farage

  British politician and the Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) since 2010; he also held that position from September 2006 to November...

• Giovanni III Agnelli
• Djimon Hounsou

  Movie Actor.

• Andy Bell (singer)
• David Cross

  American actor and comedian.

• David Cross

  American actor and comedian.

• Hank Azaria

  American actor and voice actor.

• Andy Serkis

  English actor.

• Charles Beigbeder
• Dave Pirner

  American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Soul Asylum).

• Lydie Denier

  French actress, internationally known for her roles in the U.S.

• José Rodrigues dos Santos
• Caroline Rhea

  Canadian-American perky-blonde actress and game show host.

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Famous Deaths

• Rachel Carson

  American marine biologist employed by the U.S.

• Ben Hecht

  American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1964).

• Edwin John Pratt

  Canadian Poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81.

• Georg Britting

  Writer, dies at 73.

• Earle Hodgins

  Actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 64.

• E J Pratt

  Canadian poet born Newfoundland (Born 1882).

• Rachel L Carson

  US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at age 56.

• Bozidar Kunc

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Albert Saverys

  Flemish painter, dies at age 77.

• Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva

  Russian/Dutch mathematician (Born 1876).

• Rolf de Mare

  Swedish art collector (Born 1888).

• Eddie Dyer

  American baseball player and manager (d. 1964).

• Douglas MacArthur

  American military man who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific in 1942.

• Pieter van der Lijn

  Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at age 93.

• Albe Vidakovic

  Composer, dies at 49.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
2. The Beatles - Twist And Shout
3. Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly!
4. The Beatles - She Loves You
5. Terry Stafford - Suspicion

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children
2. Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart
3. Peter & Gordon - World Without Love
4. Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces
5. The Bachelors - I Believe