At A Glance

13 November 1964 at a glance

Day of the week
13 November 1964 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Baby Love” by The Supremes.
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 13 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 November 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 November 1964 was First Quarter.

On this day: 13 November

  • 1954 Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
  • 1956 The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • 1966 In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
  • 1967 The first of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.
  • 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.

Famous people born on November 13

  • Steve Zahn, American actor and singer (born 1967)
  • Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver (born 1999)
  • Gerard Butler, Scottish actor (born 1969)
  • Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host (born 1955)

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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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