May 1964 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer
• 02 May 1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00.
• 03 May 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational.
• 04 May 1964 Another World andAs the World Turns premieres on TV
• 05 May 1964 Separatists riot in QuTbec, Canada.
• 07 May 1964 Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F-27 airliner, crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
• 09 May 1964 Khrushchev visits Egypt
• 12 May 1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO.
• 14 May 1964 Underground America Day is first observed.
• 15 May 1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 16 May 1964 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion.
• 17 May 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
• 18 May 1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC
• 19 May 1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy.
• 20 May 1964 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team.
• 21 May 1964 First nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay).
• 22 May 1964 LBJ presents Great Society
• 23 May 1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45).
• 24 May 1964 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win.
• 25 May 1964 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore
• 26 May 1964 Fade Out-Fade In opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
• 27 May 1964 From Russia With Love premieres in US
• 28 May 1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet
• 30 May 1964 Beyond the Fringe closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 performances
• 31 May 1964 Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim

Famous Birthday

• Rocco Siffredi

  Italian actor in porno films, noted for 10" or more in his job description.

• Lenny Kravitz

  American singer-actor and songwriter, muti-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements...

• Jean-François Copé

  French politician, the Mayor of Meaux, Deputy (Député) for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne, and President of the Union for a Popular...

• Stephen Colbert

  American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor, son of Doctor James William Colbert (15 December 1920- 1974).

• Ronnie Coleman

  American bodybuilder.

• Melissa Gilbert

  TV Actress.

• Tom Morello

  American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine).

• Wynonna Judd

  American country-western singer, starting with the fame of the duo "The Judds" with her mother; later as a single tour in 1992.

• Emmanuelle Devos

  French actress, daughter of actress Marie Henriau.

• Claire Nebout
• Ray Stevenson (actor)
• Éric Elmosnino
• Stéphane Caristan

  French athlete, track and field, he was the European champion on the 110m hurdles and national record holder (before Ladji Doucouré and...

• Christa Miller

  American actress.

• Trey Helliwell

  American impresario, a rock promoter.

• Heidi Siegmund

  American writer, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

• Emilie Deleuze
• Patrice Martin

  French water skier who was European champion at 13 and world champion at 14.

• Lars Mikkelsen

  Actor.

• Sarah Chatto

  British royalty, daughter of Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones.

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Famous Deaths

• Harold Morris

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Ignace Lilien

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov

  Composer, dies at 92.

• Nancy N Witcher Astor

  American/English feminist/ex-wife of Waldorf Astor, dies.

• Cornelis H Edelman

  Dutch geologist, dies at age 61.

• Otto V Kuusinen

  President of Karelo-Finnish Soviet Republic (1940-56), dies 82.

• John Finley Williamson

  conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at age 76.

• Vladko Macek

  Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (Born 1879).

• Dave MacDonald

  American auto racer (Born 1936).

• Jawaharlal Nehru

  Indian nationalist leader and statesman.

• Leo Szilard

  Hungarian nuclear physicist and inventor who filed numerous patents in Germany on ideas and inventions with Einstein during the 1920s.

• Nandor Fodor

  Hungarian-American psychologist parapsychologist and author (d. 1964).

• Nancy Astor

  Viscountess Astor American-English politician (d. 1964).

• Mikhail Larionov

  Russian painter and set designer (d. 1964).

• Carol Haney

  Dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35.

• Diana Wynyard

  English actress (d. 1964).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
2. Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly!
3. Mary Wells - My Guy
4. The Beatles - Love Me Do
5. The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away
2. Peter & Gordon - World Without Love
3. The Four Pennies - Juliet
4. The Bachelors - I Believe
5. Millie - My Boy Lollipop