At A Glance

22 September 1964 at a glance

Day of the week
22 September 1964 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals.
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 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 22 September 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 22 September 1964 was Full Moon.

On this day: 22 September

  • 1953 The Four Level Interchange, first stack interchange in the world opened in Los Angeles.
  • 1957 In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
  • 1960 The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
  • 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire and after a last engagement near Dograi.
  • 1976 Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.

Famous people born on September 22

  • Curry Barker, American filmmaker and actor (born 1999)
  • Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (1515–1557)
  • Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress (born 1985)
  • Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1958)

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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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

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