Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 3' (Jan. 30, 1964 at 5:53)
(Thursday, January 30, 1964, before dawn ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, a 37-year-old army corps commander, became a virtual dictator of South Vietnam today in a swift, bloodless coup, replacing the military junta led by General Duong Van Minh. Continue reading Vietnam military junta overthrown 50 years ago this hour (Jan 30 1964)
Video: INNSBRUCK 1964 (Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron)
(Wednesday, January 29, 1964) — The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, opened today in Innsbruck, Austria. The Games, which continued through Feb. 9, 1964, included 1,091 athletes from 36 nations. Continue reading Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria 50 years ago today (Jan 29 1964)
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.
