(Friday, February 7, 1964, evening EST) — The Beatles were interviewed by Brian Matthew for the BBC’s Saturday Club radio program via telephone from London in their suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York City for airing the next day at 10 a.m. (click here to listen to the BBC program).
Video: 'The Beatles - Press Conference at JFK Airport (1964)'
(Friday, February 7, 1964, 2:00 p.m. EST) — The Beatles cracked wise during a chaotic press conference today, shortly after their arrival at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for their first visit of the United States.
Video: 'Ella Fitzgerald & Sammy Davis, Jr. "S'Wonderful" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, February 2, 1964, 8 p.m. EDT) — Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis, Jr. performed “S’Wonderful” and Sammy performed “Shelter of Your Arms” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show. Continue reading Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr. perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour (Feb 2 1964)
Video: 'Universal News Volume 37, Release 10, February 3, 1964' (Feb. 2, 1964, at 1:26)
(Sunday, February 2, 1964, 4:24:32 a.m. EST) — Ranger 6, a lunar probe launched by NASA, crashed onto the surface of the moon today as planned, but failed to send back any TV images.
(Saturday, February 1, 1964) — Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh recently declared the song “Louie, Louie” by the Kingsmen pornographic, according to today’s edition of Billboard music magazine, even though the average listener wasn’t able to decipher the lyrics. He requested that the Indiana Broadcasters Association ban the record.
Video: 'Universal News Volume 37, Release 10, February 3, 1964' (Jan. 30, 1964, at 0:45)
(Thursday, January 30, 1964, 10:49 a.m. EST) — The United States today launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying television cameras that crash-landed on the moon, but failed to send back images.
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.
