At A Glance

1 May 1964 at a glance

Day of the week
1 May 1964 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Can't Buy Me Love” by The Beatles.
Top Film of 1964
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1964 was My Fair Lady.
Bestselling Novel of 1964
“The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” by John le Carré was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1964.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Bonanza” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1964–65 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 May 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 May 1964 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 1 May

  • 1946 Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
  • 1970 Vietnam War: A student anti-war strike erupts in response to U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacking Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
  • 1982 Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War.
  • 1991 Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.
  • 1997 The Labour Party wins the 1997 General Election and Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister.

Famous people born on May 1

  • Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1969)
  • Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish model and actor (born 1982)
  • Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1967)
  • Ajith Kumar, Indian actor and race car driver (born 1971)

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Events of 1964 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1964 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 12 – The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a United States Navy destroyer evacuates 61 U.S. citizens.
  • January 17 – Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in the United States.
  • March 30 – Merv Griffin's game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC; Art Fleming is its first host.
More events of 1964 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 1964

President

Lyndon B. Johnson

Gas (per gallon)

$0.30

Loaf of Bread

$0.21

Average House

$13,900

Weekly Wage

$100

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Jeff Bezos12 January 1964Business magnateView their day →Sandra Bullock26 July 1964Actress & film producerView their day →Matthew McConaughey4 November 1969ActorView their day →Cindy Crawford20 February 1966ModelView their day →Tom Cruise3 July 1962Actor & film producerView their day →Nicole Kidman20 June 1967Actress & producerView their day →Woody Harrelson23 July 1961ActorView their day →Kyle Chandler17 September 1965ActorView their day →

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