1964 - News and Entertainment
The year the World seemed to start to change
1964 in the UK was the year that the Music and Youth 'revolution' started to change things and this was shown most in the Labour Party General Election win. It seemed that the Country wanted change from the establishment bringing in an air of new freedoms with views to a more relaxed, or laid back as we called it.
Main news Stories
The Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck
Southampton is granted City Status
Peter Sellers married Britt Eckland
British Government announces plans to build new Towns in the South East - one of these is Milton Keynes
150,000 people line the Streets to welcome back the Beatles to their home City of Liverpool
Sir Winston Churchill retires as an MP at the age of 89
'The Sun' Nespaper is launched
The Labour Party win the General Election, Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister
The Olympic Games is held in Tokyo
The House of Commons vote and abolish the death penalty in the UK
Lyndon Johnson declares a 'war on poverty'
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor marry
Dr. Martin Luther King is awarded a Nobel Peace Prize
Years top selling Album (UK)
With the Beatles - The Beatles
Years top selling Single (UK)
She Loves You - The Beatles
Best Movie Oscar
Tom Jones
Best Actor Oscar
Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
Best Actress Oscar
Patricia Neal - Hud
At the Cinema 1964
My Fair Lady, Goldfinger, Mary Poppins, From Russia with Love, The Pink Panther, Viva Las Vegas, Zorba the Greek, Doctor Strangelove
People born in 1964
Sandra Bullock, Nicholas Cage, Russell Crowe, Bill Bailey, Boris Johnson, Harry Hill, Jane Horrocks, Nigel Farage, Robson Green, Ross Kemp, Shane Richie, Sian Williams, Christopher Eccleston
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