August 1964 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
• 02 Aug 1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
• 04 Aug 1964 North Vietnamese torpedos US ships Gulf of Tonkin
• 05 Aug 1964 Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed
• 06 Aug 1964 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam
• 07 Aug 1964 31st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago 28, All-Stars 17
• 08 Aug 1964 110 in the Shade closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 330 performances
• 09 Aug 1964 1st Rolling Stones concert in the Netherlands
• 10 Aug 1964 WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 11 Aug 1964 Race riot in Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
• 12 Aug 1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th and final time in a game
• 13 Aug 1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire
• 14 Aug 1964 Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer
• 15 Aug 1964 Mayor Daley declares Ernie Banks Day in Chicago
• 16 Aug 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational
• 17 Aug 1964 Margaret Harshaw, Metropolitan Opera soprano, sings the role of Turandot in Puccini's opera ''Turandot'' at the New York World's Fair.
• 18 Aug 1964 Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit
• 19 Aug 1964 Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched
• 20 Aug 1964 LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
• 23 Aug 1964 Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament
• 24 Aug 1964 27 – The Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City nominates incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson for a full term, and U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota as his running mate.
• 25 Aug 1964 Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression
• 26 Aug 1964 Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman
• 27 Aug 1964 Buena Vista premieres Disney's live-action and animated film Mary Poppins at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, USA. The film is based on the Mary Poppins books by P.L. Travers.
• 28 Aug 1964 US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
• 29 Aug 1964 Funny Thing Happened closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 performances
• 30 Aug 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Riverside Ladies Golf Open
• 31 Aug 1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels

Famous Birthday

• Mary-Louise Parker

  American actress.

• Melinda Gates

  Businesswoman.

• Valérie Karsenti
• Mats Wilander

  Swedish tennis player, former world N°1.

• Paul Bernardo

  Canadian homicide; a story of degradation, sadism and terror.

• Debi Mazar

  American actress.

• Craig Bierko

  American actor and singer.

• Blair Underwood

  American actor, handsome and clean-cut.

• Adam Duritz

  American singer-songwriter and producer (Counting Crows and The Himalayans).

• Luc Chatel
• Adam Yauch

  American rapper (Beastie Boys).

• Maria McKee

  American singer-songwriter (Lone Justice).

• Cristina Pavarotti
• Nicole Bass
• Lisa Boyle

  Chicago, Illinois -- Actress (Showgirls).

• Rob Camilletti

  American bartender and bagel-maker, labeled by the press as the "bagel boy" and as "Cher's toy-boy.

• Sebastian Roché
• Hoda Kotb

  American television news anchor.

• Johan Bruyneel

  Belgium professional cyclist who placed 60th in one race at the Atlanta Olympics and 24th in "against the clock" race.

• Genevieve Gazon
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Famous Deaths

• Ian Fleming

  English novelist, creator of James Bond (Born 1908).

• Ian Fleming

  English novelist, creator of James Bond (Born 1908).

• Maurice Schoemaker

  Composer, dies at 73.

• Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Wesley Lau

  Actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43.

• Jack Kirkwood

  Actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69.

• Jack Pennick

  Actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68.

• Johnny Burnette

  American singer (b.

• Sir Cedric Hardwicke

  English actor (Born 1893).

• Carole Coleman

  singer ("Face the Music"), dies at age 42.

• Palmiro Togliatti

  Italian politician, the head of the Communist Party in Italy.

• Happy Felsch

  American baseball player best known for his involvement in the Black Sox Scandal.

• Art Ross

  Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1964).

• Flannery O'Connor

  American writer (Born 1925).

• Johnny Burnette

  American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio) (d. 1964).

• Moa Martinson

  Swedish author (d. 1964).

• Lumsden Hare

  Actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox), dies at 89.

• Gracie Allen

  American actress and comedienne (Born 1895).

• Jose Maria Castro

  Composer, dies at 71.

• Cedric Hardwicke

  English-American actor and director (d. 1964).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
2. Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody
3. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
4. The 4 Seasons - Rag Doll
5. The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now
2. Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
3. The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
4. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
5. The Honeycombs - Have I The Right?