November 1964 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1964 Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon
• 02 Nov 1964 CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%
• 03 Nov 1964 LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for President
• 05 Nov 1964 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned.
• 06 Nov 1964 WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 08 Nov 1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
• 09 Nov 1964 Comedy in Music-Opus 2 opens at John Golden NYC for 192 performances
• 10 Nov 1964 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
• 12 Nov 1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 13 Nov 1964 Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
• 14 Nov 1964 Fade Out-Fade In closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 performances
• 15 Nov 1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
• 16 Nov 1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
• 17 Nov 1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
• 18 Nov 1964 Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
• 19 Nov 1964 The United States Department of Defense announces the closing of 95 military bases and facilities, including the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, and Fort Jay, New York.
• 21 Nov 1964 Zizi opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
• 22 Nov 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th US President
• 23 Nov 1964 Bajour opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
• 24 Nov 1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame
• 27 Nov 1964 Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would ''save humanity from the ultimate disaster''.
• 28 Nov 1964 52nd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24
• 29 Nov 1964 Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English.
• 30 Nov 1964 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned

Famous Birthday

• Calista Flockhart

  American actress, very skinny with a wide mouth, expressive, who is a major star of the late '90s with her lead role in "Aly McBeal,"...

• Famke Janssen

  Movie Actress.

• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

  Italian actress.

• Diana Krall

  Canadian jazz pianist and singer, widely known for her contralto vocals.

• Daniel Ducruet

  French bodyguard of Princess Stephanie of Monaco, with whom he began an affair.

• Dana Plato

  TV Actress.

• Shannon Whirry
• Don Cheadle

  American actor.

• Robin Givens

  American actress.

• Florence Dauchez
• Maeve Quinlan

  American actress producer and screenwriter.

• Lauren Vélez
• Roberto Mancini

  Italian soccer/football player, he played with two Italian national teams between 1982 and 1994, and for Bologna (1981–1982), Sampdoria...

• Mark Lanegan

  American singer-songwriter (Screaming Trees and The Gutter Twins).

• Susan Rice

  American academic and politician 24th United States National Security Advisor.

• Ronald Agenor

  Rabat, Morocco -- Tennis player (1989 French quarters).

• Magnús Scheving

  Icelandic gymnast actor and producer.

• Laurent Korcia

  French violinist who studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

• Karen Westwood
• Jakob Hlasek

  Czechoslovakia -- Tennis star.

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Famous Deaths

• Anne de Vries

  Dutch teacher / Author (Bartje), dies at 60.

• Hugo Koblet

  Swiss cyclist (Born 1925).

• H[enry] Beam Piper

  United States -- Sci-fi Author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60.

• Hendrik G Cannegieter

  Meteorology / director KNMI, dies at 85.

• Albert Hay Malotte

  Composer, dies at 69.

• Piet Moeskops

  Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71.

• John Tasker Howard

  Composer, dies at 73.

• John Fabricius

  Playwright, dies at 55.

• John Emery

  Actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59.

• Charles Meredith

  Actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70.

• Alexander Uriah Boskovich

  Composer, dies at 57.

• John Henry Barbee

  American guitarist and singer (Born 1905).

• Jan Fabricius

  Dutch / English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93.

• Hans von Euler-Chelpin

  German-Swiss biochemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964).

• Jimmie Dodd

  American actor and singer (d. 1964).

• Don Redman

  Piedmont, West Virginia -- Orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times).

• Lansdale Sasscer

  American lieutenant lawyer and politician (d. 1964).

• Buddy Cole

  American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (Born 1916).

• Clarence Kolb

  Actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90.

• Edward Steuermann

  Composer, dies at 72.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Supremes - Baby Love
2. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
3. Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
4. J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers - Last Kiss
5. Jay & the Americans - Come A Little Bit Closer

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
2. The Supremes - Baby Love
3. Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
4. The Rockin' Berries - He's In Town
5. Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me