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April 22 – The 1964 New York World's Fair opens to celebrate the 300th anniversary of New Amsterdam being taken over by British forces under the Duke of York (later King James II) and being renamed New York in 1664. The fair runs until October 18, 1964 and reopens April 21, 1965, finally closing October 17, 1965.
Irregular employment was also a problem, with 20% of workers in 1969 unemployed for some period of time, a figure that rose to 23% in 1970. [58] Many people also had little or no savings by the end of the Sixties, with a fifth of the population in 1969 having no liquid assets, and nearly half the population having less than $500. [59]
1964 - Ghetto riots (1964–1969), beginning with the Harlem riot of 1964; 1964 – The Beatles arrive in the U.S., and subsequent appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, mark the start of the British Invasion (or, an increased number of rock and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular around the world, including the U.S.)
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Only four books topped the list that year, the list being dominated for 34 weeks by John le Carré's spy novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The prolific novelist Louis Auchincloss had his only No. 1 bestseller that year (and only for one week at the top, though it lasted ...
The Beatles had nine songs on the Year End Hot 100, including "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You", the top two songs of 1964. The Dave Clark Five had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100. The Four Seasons had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1964. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. This article is about the year 1964. For other uses, see 1964 (disambiguation). 1964 January February March April May June July August September October November December Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s ...
The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1964 which peaked in 1963 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 23 "Dominique" The Singing Nun: 1 December 7 9 December 7 "Louie Louie" The Kingsmen: 2 December 14 9 December 14 "Since I Fell for You" Lenny Welch: 4 December 28 5