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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 1964.
The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on March 1964: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1964?


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.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in March 1964?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

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

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Needles And Pins
  2. - Little Children
  3. - Diane
  4. - Bits And Pieces
  5. - Anyone Who Had A Heart

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Becket

Becket

Release year: 1964

Directed by: Peter Glenville

Starring: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi

Country: United States of America

The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden

Release year: 1964

Directed by: Ronald Neame

Starring: Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Release year: 1964

Directed by: George Pal

Starring: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, John Ericson

Murder Most Foul

Murder Most Foul

Release year: 1964

Directed by: George Pollock

Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Andrew Cruickshank

The Last Man on Earth

The Last Man on Earth

Release year: 1964

Directed by: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow

Starring: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in March 1964?
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The Green Felt Jungle by Ed Reid and Ovid Demaris

The Green Felt Jungle

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The Green Felt Jungle, the first book to explore the Las Vegas mirage, where unrestrained tourists can legally and innocently gamble.

The American Way Of Death by Jessica Mitford

The American Way Of Death

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"Mitford's humorous and unforgiving book, Memoirs of Mori, is the best we can get." It is important that it be updated every decade to ensure our spiritual health. --The

Von Ryan'S Express by David Westheimer

Von Ryan'S Express

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Unwittingly, an Air Force colonel delivers a group British and American officers to the Germans and plans an escape

The Minister And The Choir Singer by William M. Kunstler

The Minister And The Choir Singer

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"None of today's sordid homicides could hold a candle, or perhaps I should say a blunt instrument, to this saturnalia...for this was the case that had absolutely everything...respectability

The Venetian Affair by Helen MacInnes

The Venetian Affair

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Fenner snuffed Rosenfeld's message and remarked wryly on how he was following the best traditions. He thought that this was an easy game to master.