Video: 'The Wonderful World of Chemistry - DuPont - 1964 New York World's Fair' (Jan. 27, 1964, at 4:32)
(Monday, January 27, 1964) — E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co. today introduced its artificial leather substitute, Corfam, at the 1964 New York World’s Fair in New York City. The product ultimately failed in large part because of consumer complaints that shoes made of Corfam could not be “broken in” like leather shoes.
(Thursday, January 23, 1964) — Arthur Miller’s play After the Fall, widely regarded as a thinly-disguised account of Miller’s failed marriage to the late Marilyn Monroe, opened today at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in New York and ran for 208 performances.
Directed by Elia Kazan, the play starred Barbara Loden and Jason Robards, Jr., with an early appearance by Faye Dunaway.
Video: 'The Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun'
(Wednesday, January 8, 1964) — The Beach Boys completed work on three songs — Fun, Fun, Fun, The Warmth of the Sun and Why Do Fools Fall In Love — at Gold Star studio in Hollywood, for the album Shut Down Volume 2.
Video: 'Beach Boys-(The Warmth Of The Sun)'
(Sunday, January 5, 1964) — During an unprecedented visit to the Holy Land, Pope Paul VI met today with Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople, spirtual leader of world orthodoxy, in Jerusalem (click here to watch moving footage).
(Saturday, January 4, 1964) — Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land today. It was the first time a reigning pontiff had flown on an airplane, the first papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land and the first time a Pope had left Italy in more than a century (click here and here and here to watch footage from Jan. 4, 1964).
Video: 'Barry Goldwater Announces His Candidiacy'
(Friday, January 3, 1964) — Arizona’s Sen. Barry Goldwater declared today he will seek the 1964 Republican presidential nomination because he sees no other announced candidate who “could possibly offer to the people of America a clear choice” next November.
Video: '1963 - Hank Williams Jr. - Cheatin' Heart - 14yr. Old
(Sunday, December 29, 1963, 8 p.m. EDT) — Hank Williams, Jr. performed “Your Cheatin’ Heart” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.
Video: 'Beatles Christmas Message at Astoria Dec 24, 1963' (Dec. 24, 1963, at 0:08)
(Tuesday, December 24, 1963) — The Beatles were interviewed today for Southern Television’s Day by Day at Astoria Cinema in London where the group’s “The Beatles Christmas Show,” a 16-night live extravaganza, opened this evening.
Video: 'MZEE JOMO KENYATTA IN MOMBASA, KENYA DEC 12TH, 1963'
(Thursday, December 12, 1963) — Nearly 100,000 Africans whistled, sang and cheered today as Kenya became Africa’s 35th independent nation.
Video: 'John F. Kennedy Funeral November 25, 1963' (enternal flame lit at 42:09)
(Monday, November 25, 1963, 3:02 p.m. EST) — Jacqueline Kennedy, President Kennedy’s widow today lit the eternal flame, a presidential memorial at the gravesite of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery. The president’s brothers, Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, symbolically lit the flame after her. Continue reading President Kennedy’s widow lights eternal flame 50 years ago this hour (1963)
