A Look Back At

Born in 1964

What Was Life Like in 1964?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Alec Douglas-Home

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

13p

Loaf of Bread

8p

Petrol (per litre)

7p

Average House

£3,360

Weekly Wage

£18.35

Value of Money

£1 in 1964 would be worth approximately £28.90 in today's money.

Events of 1964 in the United Kingdom

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

  • 22 January – The film Zulu is released.
  • 5 May – Granada Television airs the first in what will become a series of documentary interviews with a generation of children, Seven Up!
  • 6 July – Malawi gains its independence.
  • 6 July – The Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, is released.
  • 4 August – Release of London group The Kinks' successful single "You Really Got Me", written by Ray Davies.
  • 17 September – Goldfinger, the third James Bond film, premieres at Odeon Leicester Square in London.
  • 21 September – Malta obtains independence from the UK.
  • 24 October – Northern Rhodesia, a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic of Zambia, ending 73 years of British rule.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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UK No. 1 on 1 January 1964

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