At A Glance

22 November 1964 at a glance

Day of the week
22 November 1964 was a Sunday.
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 22 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 22 November 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 22 November 1964 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 22 November

  • 1942 World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
  • 1943 World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
  • 1943 Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
  • 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
  • 1968 Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.

Famous people born on November 22

  • Scarlett Johansson, American actress (born 1984)
  • Mark Ruffalo, American actor (born 1967)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress (born 1958)
  • Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, President of France (1890–1970)

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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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