WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1964
Find out what all happened January to July 1964

The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day. (5. May 1964)

Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances. (16. January 1964)

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. (4. April 1964)

The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers. (9. February 1964)

The U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America. (22. May 1964)

At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. (13. April 1964)

Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland. (13. January 1964)

The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. (27. February 1964)

A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy. (14. March 1964)

DSV Alvin is commissioned. (5. June 1964)

Constantine II becomes King of Greece. (6. March 1964)

Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths. (13. January 1964)

Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume. (6. June 1964)

In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam. (30. January 1964)

An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19. (28. January 1964)

IBM announces the System/360. (7. April 1964)

Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place. (17. February 1964)

The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with I Want to Hold Your Hand (1. February 1964)

President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States. (8. January 1964)

A coup d'état in Brazil establishes a military government, under the aegis of general Castello Branco. (31. March 1964)