October 1964 calendar

October 1964
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1964: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1964?

Events

01 Oct 1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
02 Oct 1964 The Kinks release their first album, ''The Kinks''.
03 Oct 1964 First Buffalo Wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York.
04 Oct 1964 10th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills
05 Oct 1964 KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
06 Oct 1964 Cambridge Circus opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
07 Oct 1964 New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61st World Series.
08 Oct 1964 Ringo Starr takes and passes his driving test
10 Oct 1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
12 Oct 1964 1st time 3 people in space
13 Oct 1964 At Plesman airport, Curacao, 125.5 mm rainfalls
14 Oct 1964 Philips begins experimenting with color TV
15 Oct 1964 Dr Martin Luther King Jr awarded Nobel Peace Prize
16 Oct 1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia
17 Oct 1964 Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra
18 Oct 1964 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
20 Oct 1964 Golden Boy opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 569 performances
21 Oct 1964 Abebe Bikila runs world / olympic record marathon
22 Oct 1964 EMI rejects audition by High Numbers, they go on to become The Who
23 Oct 1964 Time Magazine uses term op art for 1st time
24 Oct 1964 Cambridge Circus closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
25 Oct 1964 Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
26 Oct 1964 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
27 Oct 1964 Ben Franklin in Paris opens at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 performances
28 Oct 1964 Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
29 Oct 1964 Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee
30 Oct 1964 Tran Van Huong appointed Premier of South Vietnam
31 Oct 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signs the Federal Food Stamp Act as Public Law 88-525.
10 Oct 1964 The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.