March 1964 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1964 Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Conaripe.
• 02 Mar 1964 Beatles begin filming Hard Days Night, Harrison meets Patti Boyd
• 04 Mar 1964 Jimmy Hoffa, President of the Teamsters, is convicted by a Federal jury of tampering with a Federal jury.
• 05 Mar 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest.
• 06 Mar 1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
• 08 Mar 1964 Malcolm X leaves Black Muslim Movement
• 09 Mar 1964 1st Ford Mustang produced
• 10 Mar 1964 US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany.
• 12 Mar 1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
• 13 Mar 1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack.
• 14 Mar 1964 Girl Who Came to Supper closes at Broadway NYC after 112 performances
• 15 Mar 1964 LBJ asks for a War on Poverty
• 16 Mar 1964 KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 20 Mar 1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
• 21 Mar 1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0).
• 22 Mar 1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section
• 23 Mar 1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 24 Mar 1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued
• 25 Mar 1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F Kennedy
• 26 Mar 1964 Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1,348 performances.
• 27 Mar 1964 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline
• 28 Mar 1964 1st pirate radio station near England
• 30 Mar 1964 US Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race.
• 31 Mar 1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military.

Famous Birthday

• Juliette Binoche

  French actress, dancer, and painter, a sweet, sensual leading lady and 1996 Oscar-winning French actress of "The English Patient.

• Bertrand Cantat

  French rock star and leader of Noir Desire, convicted of killing his lover Marie Trintignant.

• Valérie Lemercier

  French actress and humourist, director, writer and singer.

• Rob Lowe

  American actor, blue-eyed and dark haired; very handsome.

• Kad Merad

  French stage and film actor, and humourist, born to an Algerian father and a French mother.

• Tracy Chapman

  American singer whose debut album in 1988 was "Tracy Chapman.

• Bret Easton Ellis

  American writer.

• Laura Harring

  Mexican-American model and actress Miss USA 1985.

• Wanda Sykes

  American actress and comedienne.

• Prince Edward Earl of Wessex
• Neneh Cherry

  Swedish singer-songwriter.

• Raphaël Mezrahi
• Sylvie Noachovitch
• Natacha Atlas

  Belgian singer born to an English-Egyptian father and an English mother, she is known in Europe for having interpreted "Mon amie la rose",...

• Jasmine Guy

  Actress.

• Jasmine Guy
• Chantal Mauduit
• Laird Hamilton

  American surfer and actor.

• Paul Le Guen

  French football/soccer manager and former player, who played for the French national team (1993–1995).

• Julie Jézéquel

  French actress and writer.

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Famous Deaths

• Peter Lorre

  Hungarian actor of stage, film and TV, as well as being a screenwriter and film director.

• Brendan Behan

  Irish nationalist playwright noted for the black humor of his work.

• Addison Richards

  Actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76.

• Sergius Kagen

  Composer, dies at 54.

• Johanna W "Mina" Bakker

  Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87.

• Nicholas Joy

  Actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80.

• Sigfrid Edstrom

  Swedish sports official (Born 1870).

• King Paul

  I of Greece (1947-64) dies at age 62.

• Kitty Genovese stabbed to death in Queens

  New York; 40 neighbors look on.

• Jean Rogister

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Willem CN Andriessen Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven)

  dies at age 76.

• Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck

  German general (Born 1870).

• Norbert Wiener

  American child prodigy who knew his alphabet at 18 months and was reading by the age of three.

• Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

  Prussian General/politician, dies at age 93.

• Franz Alexander

  Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (d. 1964).

• Paul Cavanagh

  Actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75.

• Vassily Vainonen

  Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at age 66.

• Ted Collins

  Pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. The Beatles - She Loves You
3. The Four Seasons - Dawn (Go Away)
4. The Beatles - Please Please Me
5. The Beatles - Twist And Shout

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Searchers - Needles And Pins
2. Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children
3. The Bachelors - Diane
4. Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces
5. Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart