At A Glance
10 January 1964 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 January 1964 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “There! I've Said It Again” by Bobby Vinton.
- 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 10 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 January 1964 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 January 1964 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 10 January
- 1946 The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Fifty-one nations are represented.
- 1966 Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
- 1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
- 1980 The New England Journal of Medicine publishes the letter Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to opioids.
- 1981 Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments.
Famous people born on January 10
- Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure (born 1981)
- Sarah Shahi, American actress (born 1980)
- Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter (born 1945)
- George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (1949–2025)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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.
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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