February 1964 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1964 Stop the World, I Want to... closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances
• 02 Feb 1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame.
• 03 Feb 1964 Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools.
• 04 Feb 1964 Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
• 05 Feb 1964 Kashmir Day On February 5, 1964, India backed out of its promise to hold plebiscite in disputed territory of Kashmir. Instead, in March 1965, the Indian Parliament passed a bill, declaring Kashmir a province of India. In 1948, India had taken the issue of Kashmir to the United Nations Security Council and offered to hold a plebiscite in the held Kashmir under UN supervision.
• 06 Feb 1964 Rugantino opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances
• 07 Feb 1964 Cassius Clay becomes a black Moslem
• 08 Feb 1964 Representative Martha Griffiths' address gets civil rights protection for women added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
• 09 Feb 1964 1st appearance of Beatles on Ed Sullivan Show
• 10 Feb 1964 Australian destroyer Voyager sinks in collision, killing 82
• 11 Feb 1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
• 12 Feb 1964 Beatles 1st NYC concert
• 15 Feb 1964 Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton.
• 16 Feb 1964 Foxy opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
• 17 Feb 1964 US House of Reps accept Law on the civil rights
• 18 Feb 1964 Papandreou government takes power in Greece.
• 21 Feb 1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
• 22 Feb 1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st US visit
• 23 Feb 1964 hrysler's Second Generation HEMI racing engine (426 Cubic Inches with Hemispherical Head design) debuts at the Daytona 500. The HEMI powered Plymouth of Richard Petty (#43) wins. HEMI powered Plymouths finish 1-2-3.
• 24 Feb 1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
• 25 Feb 1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns.
• 26 Feb 1964 U.S. politician John Glenn slips on a bathroom rug in his Columbus, Ohio apartment and hits his head on the bathtub, injuring his left inner ear, and prompting him (later that week) to withdraw from the race for the Democratic Party Senate nomination.
• 27 Feb 1964 What Makes Sammy Run? opens at 84th St. Theater NYC for 540 performances
• 29 Feb 1964 Rugantino closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 28 performances

Famous Birthday

• Sarah Palin

  American politician and Republican candidate for the US Vice President in the 2008 election.

• Matt Dillon

  American actor who made a film debut as a teenager in "Over the Edge," 1978, followed by "My Bodyguard" and "Little Darlings.

• Chris Farley

  American comedian who died binging on booze, cocaine and heroin 12/18/1997 in his Chicago condo.

• Christopher Eccleston

  English actor.

• Laura Linney

  American actress.

• Mark Dacascos

  American actor and martial artist.

• Glenn Beck

  American talk-show host, with ultra conservative political views and emotive, sometimes histrionic style.

• Michael Bay
• Raphaëlle Bacqué
• Duff McKagan

  American musician (Guns N' Roses).

• Serge Hélan

  French triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships.

• Rudi Garcia
• Élisabeth Lévy
• Francesca Neri

  Trento, Italy -- Actress (Ages of Lulu).

• Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

  Uzbekistan sprinter and cyclist.

• Linus Roache

  English actor.

• Pascal de Duve
• Marion Clignet
• Philippe Dupont

  Dutch pro trap shooter who competed and placed 20th in the Atlanta Olympics in his event and 19th in the double trap event.

• Ken Shamrock

  American martial artist and wrestler.

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Famous Deaths

• Grace Metalious

  American writer, a novelist whose book, "Peyton Place," published on 6/24/1956, centered on small town scandal and sex.

• Edie Martin

  Actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at 84.

• Dirk HW Filarski

  Painter / lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78.

• Frank Conroy

  Actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73.

• Sir Albert Richardson

  English architect (Born 1880).

• Orry-Kelly

  Australian costume designer (Born 1897).

• Siegfried T Bok

  neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at age 71.

• Sophocles Venizelos

  premier of Greece (1944, 1950-51), dies at age 69.

• Hermann A J Kees

  German Egyptologist, dies at age 77.

• Willie Bryant

  singer ("Sugar Hill Times"), dies at age 55.

• Victor van Straelen Flemish biologist/paleontologist

  dies at age 74.

• Sophoklis Venizelos

  Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (Born 1894).

• Eugen Sanger

  Austrian aerospace engineer (Born 1905).

• Ken Hubbs

  2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22.

• Hinrich Lohse

  a Nazi German politician (Born 1896).

• Johnny Burke (lyricist)

  (Born 1908).

• Kenneth Lee Spencer

  American opera singer and actor (Born 1913).

• Mariano Jesus Cuenco

  a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer (Born 1888).

• Ernst Kretschmer

  German psychologist who is noted for originating the four body types and topology of body constitution.

• Frank Albertson

  Actor (Chico & Man, Room Service), dies at 55.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
3. The Beatles - She Loves You
4. The Marketts - Out Of Limits
5. The Four Seasons - Dawn (Go Away)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
2. The Searchers - Needles And Pins
3. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
4. The Bachelors - Diane
5. The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake