Image: 'Hoffa, second row, center, leaves court after being found guilty of jury tampering in 1964'
(Sunday, July 26, 1964) — A federal jury found James R. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (who is appealing a Chattanooga federal court conviction for jury tampering), guilty of mail and wire fraud and conspiracy today in the use of his union’s pension fund; six co-defendants were found guilty of conspiracy.
Video: 'NYC Riots 1964
(Saturday, July 18, 1964, about 10:00 p.m. EDT; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Nearly a week of rioting erupted tonight in New York’s Harlem neighborhood, two days after the fatal police shooting of a black teenager, James Powell.
Video: 'Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater at the 1964 Republican National Convention' (roll call at 3:04-3:49)
(Wednesday, July 15, 1964, 10:13 p.m. PDT) — Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, the champion of a new American conservatism, was nominated for president tonight by the 1964 Republican National Convention meeting at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. Continue reading Republicans nominate Sen. Barry Goldwater for president 50 years ago this hour (July 15 1964)
Video: 'Nelson Rockefeller: Republican Party must repudiate extremists'
(Tuesday, July 14, 1964) — In a speech to the Republican national convention in San Francisco tonight, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller was repeatedly interrupted and heckled by supporters of Barry Goldwateras he called on the GOP to denounce political extremists (click here to watch an extended clip of Rockefeller’s speech).
Video: 'All Summer Long (Full Album HQ Stereo Remaster) (1964) - Beach Boys'
(Monday, July 13, 1964) — All Summer Long, the sixth studio album by The Beach Boys, was released today in the U.S.
Video: 'Malcolm X - By Any Means Necessary - Organization for Afro American Unity'
(Sunday, June 28, 1964; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Civil rights activist Malcolm X declared, “We want equality by any means necessary” today during the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York.
Video: 'Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now (stereo)'
(Friday, June 26, 1964) — “It’s All Over Now,” the first song to reach number one in Britain by The Rolling Stones, was released today.
(Wednesday, June 24, 1964) — AT&T inaugurated commercial “Picturephone” service between New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., today as First Lady Lady Bird Johnson called Dr. Elizabeth A. Wood of Bell Laboratories in New York.
Requiring the use of video booths, with a 3-minute call from Washington to New York costing $16, and a $27 charge for a 3-minute call between New York and Chicago, Picturephone never caught on.
Video: 'A Shot in the Dark' (trailer)
(Tuesday, June 23, 1964) — A Shot in the Dark, the second installment in The Pink Panther series featuring Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté, was released today in U.S. theaters, including the Astor and the Trans-Lux East in New York City. Continue reading ‘A Shot in the Dark’ released in U.S. 50 years ago today (June 23 1964)
Video: 'Twilight Zone: The Bewitchin' Pool'
(Friday, June 19, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — Two unhappy children find a happy escape in a swimming pool on the series finale of the anthology TV series created by Rod Serling The Twilight Zone.
