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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1964 |
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In The News In
1964
After riots break out, Panama suspends relations with the U.S.
Cassius Clay becomes heavyweight champion when Sonny Liston
throws in the towel in the sixth round in Miami. Near Anchorage,
Alaska, the strongest earthquake ever to strike North America
kills 117.
Worst soccer disaster in history occurs when 318 die and 500 are
injured in a crowd riot over a disallowed goal during the Peru
vs. Argentina Olympic match in Lima.
Hundreds of white college students work for civil rights in the
south in the Freedom Summer. |
Entertainment
in 1964
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Jean Paul Sartre - France
* Best Selling Fiction - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John
Le Carre
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Four Days, American Heritage and
United Press International
* Best Picture - My Fair Lady, Warner Bros.
* Best Director - George Cukor, My Fair Lady
* Best Actress - Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
* Best Actor - Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady |
Sport
champions in 1964
* MLB - St. Louis Cardinals
* NFL - Cleveland Browns
* NBA - Boston Celtics
* NHL - Toronto Maple Leafs
* NCAA-Basketball - UCLA
* KY Derby - Northern Dancer
* U.S. Open Golf - Ken Venturi
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Roy Emerson
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Maria Bueno |
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